Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has appeared before magistrates charged with criminal damage.
The 37-year-old, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, was arrested after a video appeared to show him slashing at a dinghy in the English Channel with an emergency responder on board.
Thomas, who appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court in Hampshire via videolink, is also charged with failing to disclose the PIN to his phone.
He pleaded not guilty to both charges and was remanded in custody until his next court appearance at Portsmouth Crown Court on 29 September.
Thomas, of no fixed address, requested a crown court trial.
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, was among those in the public gallery.
Some supporters also gathered outside the court.
