The jury accepted the prosecution’s case that Robinson had hired detectives to “intimidate” the journalists.<\/p>\n
Photographs of Dirnhuber outside his home and cropped images of Young’s family had been posted online by Robinson.<\/p>\n
The court heard that, as well as social media posts and direct messages to Dirnhuber, the defendant had become “increasingly menacing” on a telephone call with Young on August 5, 2024, telling the freelance journalist: “I’m coming to get you.”<\/p>\n
Jurors rejected Robinson’s claim that the Daily Mail had endangered his family by publishing the story. <\/p>\n
He had wept in the witness box on Thursday as he spoke about his relationship with his children.<\/p>\n
A police investigation had begun after the journalists reported concerns for their safety following posts on X that had contained their personal information.<\/p>\n
A Met Police spokesperson said: “There are legitimate and established routes that can be pursued by people who have concerns or complaints about their treatment by the media.”<\/p>\n
They said, instead of following these routes, Robinson had issued “threatening online posts in the knowledge that they would almost certainly lead to his followers to target and intimidate those journalists”.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson said the journalists, fearing for their families’ safety, had left their homes and hired private security.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson added: “This kind of intimidatory behaviour is not acceptable, and anyone behaving in such a way to intimidate, harass and threaten others either online or in the real world can expect to be investigated and brought before the courts, as was the case here.”<\/p>\n
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