Article:

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5318838/elon-musk-tommy-robinson-dundee-knife-incident/

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quote:
"But Police Scotland has confirmed to The Courier that its investigation into the incident on St Ann Lane has concluded.

It is understood that, despite reviewing CCTV and making other inquiries, officers have found nothing to support the allegations made against the two individuals highlighted in the posts".

The article also expresses concerns over misinformation over the incident being spread by Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson.

by Kitchen-Beginning-47

49 comments

  2. no shit. Anyone from scotland would take one look at that and see a standard ned situation. Seeing rightwing grifters try to make it into something else is wild.

  3. **Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson accused of spreading misinformation over Dundee ‘knife’ incident**

    *Posts have been shared on social media after 14-year-old girl was charged for the alleged possession of a weapon in Lochee.*

    By Bryan Copland & Andrew Robson
    August 27 2025, 6:02am

    Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been accused of spreading misinformation over an alleged knife incident in Dundee.

    A 14-year-old girl was charged on Saturday after allegedly being caught with what police described as a “bladed weapon” in Lochee.

    Since then, several posts have been shared on social media claiming the girl and her friends had earlier been followed, recorded and “chatted up” by two people.

    A number of the posts make reference to the supposed ethnicity of the two people accused of targeting the girls.

    But Police Scotland has confirmed to The Courier that its investigation into the incident on St Ann Lane has concluded.

    It is understood that, despite reviewing CCTV and making other inquiries, officers have found nothing to support the allegations made against the two individuals highlighted in the posts.

    **’Very concerning’**
    On Tuesday, X owner Mr Musk – who has a following of nearly 225 million on the platform he bought in 2022 – reposted one of the allegations about the girl being recorded by “a migrant”.

    That post also repeated sections of The Courier’s coverage of the incident from the weekend, a report that made no mention of race or immigration status.

    Musk then hit out at those who have criticised the alleged actions of the teenager, branding them “pathetic grovelers”.

    Meanwhile, right-wing activist Tommy Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – has also posted about it to his 1.4m followers on X.

    The 42-year-old repeated the allegation that youngsters were being “filmed by a migrant” and said it was “very concerning”.

    On Tuesday afternoon, he claimed “the men of Scotland” were “stepping in to patrol Dundee”.

    **‘Dangerous and divisive’**
    Nadia El-Nakla – councillor for Dundee’s West End and wife of ex-First Minister Humza Yousaf – told us: “This is deeply concerning for many reasons.

    “Everyone has the right to feel safe in our streets.

    “Carrying a knife is a crime, and we must uphold a policy of zero tolerance towards knife crime.”

    Ms El-Nakla, the equalities spokesperson for the Dundee SNP group, added: “It is also clear that elements of the far right are attempting to hijack this incident to spread a racist, anti-immigration agenda.

    “This is both dangerous and divisive, and it threatens the cohesion of our communities.

    “Here in Dundee, we will not allow this to take root. The facts of the incident have been provided by our police service.

    “These should be trusted — not the disinformation being pushed by those who wish to vilify asylum seekers and immigrants.”

    English Defence League (EDL) co-founder Mr Robinson last year stoked far-right race riots in England from a luxury hotel in Cyprus.

    He was also criticised for spreading misinformation about a stabbing in Stirling.

    We have contacted Mr Robinson and Mr Musk for comment.

    Last year the X billionaire was embroiled in a war of words with former FM Mr Yousaf.

    **‘Spread of misinformation’**
    Stand Up to Racism Tayside said: “Misinformation serves a particular narrative and distracts from the real issues in our society: austerity and increasing poverty, widespread mental health crises and isolation, all rooted in the failures and mismanagement of our governments.

    “The spread of this misinformation endangers by inviting hatred and violence towards members of our communities who are already so marginalised.”

    A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 7.40pm on Saturday, August 23, we received a report of a female youth with a weapon in St Ann Lane, Dundee.

    “Officers attended and a 14-year-old girl was charged in connection.

    “She will be reported to the relevant authorities.”

  4. Why the fuck is Elon Musk feeling the need to stick his nose in every aspect of UK politics? You have absolutely no relation to Scotland, mate. Fuck off.

  5. Quelle surprise. Anyone with half a brain knows, but it wont stop some absolute morons from falling for propaganda.

  6. Knowingly spreading disinformation like this should be a crime. People like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon are using disinformation to pollute our politics, weaken the UK, and bang the drum of foreign actors. Every time something happens, they repeat some lie about it being a migrant and drum up hate and violence.

  7. Anyone with an ounce of sense knew the entrant for miss wee ned of the year wasn’t some kind of hero. People with an agenda got hold of it to spread their pish rhetoric.

  9. Anyone with common sense could see he was innocent.

    It was clearly a witch hunt that drew Americans shouting that the UK is pathetic for arresting a girl for defending herself against a foreign rapist and that we don’t have rights.

  10. Tommy Robinson the king of spreading misinformation- he’s nothing but a Nazi. Keep saying don’t believe their rage baiting dribble, context and publicised articles from reputable news sources matter. If you get your news from Tommy then you can’t be considered bright – sorry.

  12. How do people keep getting away with libel? I mean, isn’t that why one of these derisions was sentenced in the first place?

  15. You think all the brigading Americans will be back at 5am tomorrow to set the record straight?

  16. Who the F cares what Elon Musk thinks on a case in Scotland that he had nothing to do with??

  18. To the surprise of nobody who wasn’t a MAGA bampot.

  19. I think it’s about time we imprison everybody; guilty until proved innocent. You, especially.

  21. As most people knew or strongly suspected all along.

    Sadly, the grift has taken on a life of its own and as Mark Twain said: “A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.”

    And as others have said, “a lie is printed above the fold on page one while the correction appears a week later in a tiny box next to the barley futures on page 43”.

  22. Obviously everyone who isn’t a frothing at the mouth nazi scumbag already knew this

    Because there was never a single crumb of evidence to support her vile accusations. 

    Why would you upload a video of yourself if you were a perpetrator? 

    The only victim here is the man being threatened with a meat cleaver and an axe by a feral little bastard

  23. The police don’t have the best record in ” finding evidence” on such matters.

  24. What? I was sure that child child was just casually carrying a fucking axe just in case she had to defend herself! Come on, she had to walk all the way from her home with that in hand.

  25. You can pass just aboute all these shitty paywalls using reader mode in Opera

  26. In shocking news: thousands of noun_noun_number brigading bot accounts on reddit found to be chatting racist shit.

  28. It’s hard to say based on the wee clip we have seen. I’ve heard that he punched one of them, and that the other one disarmed him (hard to believe).

    As for it being provoked, everyone in Scotland has dealt with unprovoked neds hassling them at some point, and they’ll say anything. The scenario of a couple of wee council rats heckling you in public and shouting pedo at you is far from unbelievable, but judging from the internet it seems like other countries don’t realise that.

  29. There was a user arguing with me that they were rapists and that by calling out people for holding dangerous weapons in public, you support rapists. 🤦🏻‍♂️

    It’s been an utter mare.

  30. What do you expect from a couple of trolls? All they both do is spread hate and fear, causing division.

  31. Wish we could unlock all the old threads about this here so we could go rub the alt-right losers noses in this. Fucking idiot. Not a one of them will acknowledge they fucked this up of course.

  33. Can you turn your brightness any lower? I can still read it.

  34. Not relevant to the story all that much, but in future, if you come across paywalls out in the wild, you might want to bring a 12ft ladder with you…

  35. Tip for iPhone. Load the article in safari and then press show reader. It bypasses the paywall

  36. To the shock of absolutely nobody from Scotland in possession of more than a couple of brain cells.

    I’d say what she is but I’d get called ‘classist’.

  37. Looked like a ned situation to me. Carrying around weapons like that isn’t for protection, it’s to intimidate folk and make yourself look hard.

    Growing up in a shite area this wasn’t uncommon. Wee bastards held me and my brother up with a knife once. They didn’t want anything, literally just stopped us with a knife because they could.

    Another time a lad chased another lad around the playground with a butchers knife. Police had to run the fucker down and wrestle it off him.

  38. I am in no way saying the man isn’t innocent but all I will say is I have very little faith in Tayside police in handling any situation. Seems to be a very sensitive subject and I’m genuinely not stirring anything. I just personally have zero faith in the police especially in Tayside. Either way it’s a shocking situation

  39. Aren’t you Scottish people worried about what the neo nazis can do and all the misinformation they can spread?

  40. Are we all just forgetting this girl is a minor and her identity is now world wide. Even in the context of this case, thats severely fucked up!!

    Social media is a fucking cancer

  41. Who would’ve thought. I was getting called every name under the sun for daring to suggest that some guy filming a girl saying “show the weapon” was maybe trying to gather evidence of the girl brandishing a weapon at him.

  43. I am shocked at this unforseen turn of events.

    I trust all the fannies and random accounts that were dead set on her ‘defending’ herself will be along shortly to put their hand up and admit they were wrong…

  44. Why is Musk so against immigrants? He is an immigrant! Dude is South African living in the US, why doesn’t he see the hypocrisy?

  46. I don’t know jack shit about the case because I wasn’t there, but I’m seeing a lot of people here acting like the kids there are all part of some murderous gang of crazy knifers.

    I’ve lived in the North of the UK for eight months, and have also been “warned” about gangs of kids walking around with knives and screwdrivers attacking adults and if you raise hand on them, they walk away and you get in jail or die on the streets.

    I’m gonna tell you, I have lived in What’s seen as the “dangerous area” because it was cheap. I worked night shifts and day shifts and been around walking to or from work all over those “dangerous areas” for months. I have not seen, or knew anyone who actually seen any kids attacking anyone. I mean, what the fuck? They’re kids. Your can literally slap their hand and the knife would go flying. What I DID see, was people of… Different origin being completely UNFIT for civilization. Openly trying to sell drugs in public, zero fear of law. Following girls that obviously wanted none to do with them. Making remarks about women that were plain disgusting when we talked at work. Their idea of fun for new years eve was to shoot firework rockets SIDEWAYS at passing cars, and the goal was to get one thru someones open window.

    I don’t care what you lot dream up here in the internet, if you’re leftist or rightist, but from personal experience of living there, this shit doesn’t add up. And that was a year ago.

    So, tell me guys, are those “gangs of dangerous knife wielding teen-agers harassing poor migrants” in the room with us right now?

    I am disgusted at either what you guys are doing there to your kids, in case she was right to be afraid and had to defend herself, OR the shit job you’re doing as parents if she was wrong. Either way, fucking get over yourselves and find and solve the problem, because it’s NOT on the kids – it’s on you. The adults. The parents. You’re either unfit to raise your kids, or to protect them. No third choice.

  47. Absolute load of complete wasters. Right wing outrage grifting as per the usual playbook. Sad fuck Americans with zero idea about Scotland either.

  49. They just want to stoke the fires of division to bring about riots on the streets and other violent public disorder. A mob that will carry them shoulder high into Downing Street. The idea that any one of those grifters wants to build a better society is for the birds.

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