Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has admitted he “got it wrong” when he falsely accused a man on social media of filming children in a Glasgow park.
Footage of UK-born Quoroum Beg with a mobile phone in his hand began circulating last Sunday, with Robinson labelling him an “invader”.
Beg was in fact filming an anti-immigration demonstration which had earlier forced him and his children, along with other families, to leave the park in the city’s Gorbals area.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has now issued a correction on X, saying: “In this instance I got it wrong, as did many others, so for that I apologise and have deleted that post.”
However Beg told Scotland News that Robinson’s correction appears to fall far short of an apology.
“Is he apologising because he can’t get his facts right or is he apologising for the hurt he’s caused me?” he said.
Beg – who has three children and works full-time in Glasgow – now fears for his safety. He has been given an emergency police number to call in case he feels threatened.