Robinson denies EDL street rally charges

The 30-year-old from Luton, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said he had received threats from both Muslim extremists and Nazis, adding: “I am the most wanted man on either side”.

He announced his decision to leave after raising concerns over the “dangers of far-right extremism” and has started working with the Quilliam Foundation – an anti-extremism think tank.

He was speaking after appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where he pleaded not guilty to two public order offences relating to an EDL demonstration in Tower Hamlets, east London, on September 7.

He is accused, as the organiser of the rally, of failing to comply with a police order which limited speeches to 30 minutes. He is also charged with inciting others to speak for longer than permitted.

He was bailed – on condition he did not participate in any EDL demonstration – to stand trial at the same court on January 9.

Yaxley-Lennon and former EDL co-leader Kevin Carroll, his second cousin, were also due to stand trial accused of obstructing police officers at separate march.

But the case was discontinued after prosecutors deemed there was “insufficient evidence” against them.

The pair were accused of trying to defy a ban on marching to the scene of the murder of soldier Lee Rigby via a major mosque. They each denied a charge of obstructing police outside Aldgate East Tube station in London on June 29.

They were attempting to stage what they claimed was a charity walk to Woolwich Barracks in south-east London via the mosque, with a plan to lay flowers in memory of Fusilier Rigby in Woolwich on Armed Forces Day.