Daniel Thomas admits criminal damage over Channel dinghy
Daniel Thomas changed his plea at Portsmouth Crown Court, admitting criminal damage over a dinghy in the Channel. The separate charge of failing to disclose his phone PIN remains unaddressed in the BBC’s report.
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Daniel Thomas has admitted criminal damage after slashing a dinghy with a knife in the English Channel, changing his plea at Portsmouth Crown Court on Thursday.
Thomas, 37, who is known as Danny Tommo, appeared by video link from prison and admitted the charge, BBC News reported. He had previously pleaded not guilty to criminal damage and to failing to disclose his phone PIN. His earlier court hearings also dealt with the separate phone-PIN allegation.
The court had previously heard that Thomas took a boat into the Channel and saw migrant occupants of a dinghy being assisted by the RNLI, Border Force and the French Coastguard. The BBC reported that Thomas admitted using a knife on the dinghy while French personnel were aboard.
The BBC report does not say whether Thomas entered a plea to the phone-PIN charge at Thursday’s hearing.
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