The far-right activist was detained at Luton airport, which is located north of the English capital, on Monday evening at around 6 p.m. (17:30 GMT).
Robinson had just taken a flight from Faro, Portugal, to the port city.
His arrest comes a week after the alleged assault at one of London’s major railroad terminals.
Following the St. Pancras incident, the British Transport Police (BTP) announced on Monday evening that the man had been wanted for questioning after leaving the country for Tenerife on July 29.
He will now be detained “on suspicion of grievous bodily harm,” the BTP added.
Robinson was identified in a video of the incident, which was widely shared online, even though the statement did not specifically state him.
The former head of the far-right English Defence League is spotted motionless and claiming to have self-defense in the video.
The other man was taken to a hospital with serious wounds, which the police claimed were “not thought to be life threatening.”
Robinson has been convicted of numerous contempt and public order offenses.
After the high court had cut his 18-month sentence, he was released from a Buckinghamshire prison four months early.
After admitting to having violated an injunction that prevented him from making false claims about a Syrian schoolboy, he was imprisoned in October of 2024 for contempt of court.
After Robinson was found to have defamed a Syrian refugee named Jamal Hijazi, the far-right activist lost a libel case, the injunction was put in effect.
Hope Not Hate, a group dedicated to Robinson, calls him “the UK’s most notorious far-right extremist.”
Source: Aljazeera
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