Hundreds of black-clad 'Danny Tommo' supporters gather outside police station in protest at his arrest after he filmed himself slashing Channel dinghy

See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 15:25 EDT, 24 September 2026 | Updated: 16:25 EDT, 24 September 2026 Hundreds of black-clad followers of anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas tonight marched on the police station where he is understood to have been locked up after his arrest.Around 250 members of Thomas's group - Patriot Platform - arrived outside the Police Investigation Centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire, around 6.30pm.They were applauded by the 50 or so protesters who had already gathered on the road, while members of the group began chanting 'free DT' and 'Oh Danny Danny'.Several police vans were parked outside the station where officers filmed protesters, a few of whom were sporting balaclavas and carrying the St George and Union flags.As soon as the group arrived outside the police station, a spokesman urged the group to remove all face coverings - as a police drone kept watch overhead.Just after 8pm, the protesters paused for prayer relayed via a loudspeaker.The crowd then broke into a rendition of 'We want our Danny back', before some members aimed laser pens at the police station.The road has been blocked by the crowd, though it has parted several times briefly to allow traffic through. One motorist driving a white Chevrolet adorned with large a Scotland flag beeped his horn in support and drew loud cheers.Around 250 followers of Danny Tommo gathered outside the Police Investigation Centre in Basingstoke on Thursday evening Unlike previous gatherings, most of the attendees were not wearing face masksMost of the crowd - understood to be from Patriot Platorm - arrived at the same time, around 6:30pm The crowd chanted in support of Thomas, who was arrested on Wednesday Far-right agitator Tommy Robinson and other figures from the movement called for 'patriots' to gather Danny Tommo was filmed seeming to slash and stab a dinghy in the English Channel with a French rescuer aboardThomas - who styles himself as Danny Tommo - was arrested last night after he was filmed on Tuesday appearing to slash a dinghy in the English Channel with a blade while a rescue worker was on board.He was being held on suspicion of destroying ships or endangering their safety under Section 11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990, criminal damage, criminal damage with intent to endanger life, and conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals under Section 58 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. A masked member of Patriot Platform - the group behind anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth - urged followers to converge on Basingstoke Police Station from 6pm in a social media post earlier today.Fellow right-wing firebrand Tommy Robinson also called on supporters to travel to the Hampshire town via his X account.Thomas appeared to livestream part of his arrest on Wednesday night from a BP garage in an undisclosed location, and footage was later reposted showing him asking to 'say goodbye to my kids'.An officer then tells Tommo to 'step out of the car' and explains the arrest, while a woman off-camera is heard saying: 'The cameras are on, let go of the phone.'The male officer was recorded saying: 'The information that I’ve been given… is that you’ve been involved in criminal damage recklessly endangering someone’s life.'It comes after Thomas appeared to shout 'traitors' having used a knife to cut the side of the vessel that people smugglers had used to transport migrants in the Channel.Hundreds of activists then gathered in Gosport later that day after Tommo filmed himself going out to sea to try to intercept a dinghy carrying dozens of migrants.