A FUNDRAISER at a Tommy Robinson rally for the family of a rioter who killed himself in prison is facing questions over claims buckets of cash were never donated to his grieving widow.
Peter Lynch, 61, took his own life while serving a 32-month sentence for violent disorder in HMP Moorland, Doncaster, last October.
PAPeter Lynch took his own life in prison after being jailed for joining a riot outside an asylum seeker hotel last August[/caption]
SuppliedA photo obtained by The Sun shows blue buckets backstage at last October’s rally[/caption]
Tommy Robinson said he’d ‘pay everything’ for Mr Lynch’s family after his death, and wore a t-shirt supporting him
The grandfather had been caged for shouting abuse at cops outside an asylum seeker hotel in Manvers, Rotherham, during nation-wide riots last August.
He also branded migrants “child killers” outside a Holiday Inn, which was later overrun by hundreds of violent thugs.
Far-right agitator Robinson, 42, currently serving an 18-month sentence for contempt of court, led efforts to raise funds for Lynch, who left behind a wife and two children.
His media firm has now accepted the money was not given to Lynch’s heartbroken widow.
They claim his grieving children refused to accept it, and the money was instead given to multi-millionaire Robinson’s children.
But fans of the far-right figure have demanded answers from his Urban Scoop media firm over whether the cash was ever offered to the family.
The thug repeatedly used Lynch’s name to encourage fans to join a mass rally in London last October.
Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was arrested and remanded before the 50,000-person march, which went ahead in his absence.
He has since claimed to be a political prisoner after airing a film slurring a Syrian refugee in breach of a 2021 High Court order.
In a social media clip published a day after Lynch’s death, Robinson said: “Peter Lynch was a British, hard-working man, who was taken off the streets for legal, lawful protest.”
He accused the government of putting Lynch in prison and feeding him “to Muslim gangs“.
Robinson, wearing an ‘I am Peter Lynch’ black T-shirt, went on: “Every single one of you upset about this man’s death, you have to get yourself to London.
“He’s a martyr for our country and a martyr for our cause.
“If you’re his family and you’re watching this, we will pay for his funeral. We will pay for everything.
“We want to remember him. I’ve seen him wearing a Tommy Robinson T-shirt.”
During the rally, watched by thousands online, Robinson’s friend and top associate Richard Inman told the crowd: “There’s another hero, and he’s not here today, and he won’t be at any more demonstrations.
“One of us. Just an ordinary man. A grandfather, just like I am. A father, just like I am. And a patriot, just like I am.
“Peter Lynch should be here today, and he’s not. Let’s have a massive cheer for Peter Lynch.
“Before I forget, what we’re going to do is pass buckets round the audience, and we’re going to do a collection for Peter Lynch’s family.
“And we’re going to do a collection for Tommy Robinson’s children.”
Photos obtained by The Sun from behind the scenes at the rally show a number of unsealed blue buckets into which fans had poured thousands of pounds.
Responding to questions online about where the money went, Urban Scoop made comments during a YouTube live stream.
The company said: “Peter Lynch’s family didn’t want any monies collected at the rally.
“Monies collected at the rally were for his family and Tommy’s kids.
“Peter’s family didn’t want it, so Tommy’s kids had it all.”
In another comment, they added: “The money went to Tommy’s kids. No explanation required as everyone was told donations were going to them at the time.”
And Urban Scoop went on: “We can’t make Peter Lynch’s family take money they don’t want from us.”
Robinson’s movement has been backed by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, who has repeatedly demanded that he be freed on his X platform.
Musk, now a top aide to US President Donald Trump, also appeared to fall out with Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader said the Tesla chief was wrong to support him.
A source said: “Thousands were raised, and they said it would go to Peter Lynch’s family and Tommy’s kids.
“People filled a dozen buckets of cash at that rally – even pensioners with very little to give away, who genuinely believed they were doing a good thing for a bereaved family.
“There’s a serious fear among some followers that none of it has been offered to his family.
“If that’s happened, then making money off a dead man’s name, no matter what he did in life, is the lowest of the low.
“Even though he’s in prison, Tommy is still controlling everything.
“He gets his daily emails, his phone calls, and it would take one message for him to tell his associates to give the money to Peter Lynch.”
A member of the Lynch family told The Sun they could not comment on whether they had been offered any cash because of an “investigation“.
Urban Scoop was invited to comment.
Not known, clear with picture deskRichard Inman, Robinson’s close friend, had told followers that money raised would go to Peter Lynch’s family[/caption]
PAPeter Lynch holding a sign at an anti-migrant protest in Manvers, Rotherham[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
