Tommy Robinson latest: Far-right activist to hear appeal on contempt sentence

Tuesday, July 31, 2018
By Paul Martin

FAR-RIGHT activist Tommy Robinson is set to find out the result of a legal challenge he launched after being jailed for contempt of court.

By TOM PARFITT
Express.co.uk
Tue, Jul 31, 2018

Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett and two other leading judges will announce their decision in his case tomorrow at the Court of Appeal.

The judges have been urged to overturn contempt of court findings against Robinson, 35, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon.

At a hearing earlier this month, his QC Jeremy Dein argued that procedural “deficiencies” had given rise to “prejudice”.

Mr Dein also submitted that the sentence was “manifestly excessive” and “insufficient” regard had been given to personal mitigation.

Robinson was jailed in May after he filmed people involved in a criminal trial and broadcast the footage on social media.

The footage, lasting around an hour, was watched 250,000 times within hours of being posted on Facebook.

Robinson was given 10 months for contempt of court, which he admitted, and a further three months for breaching a previous suspended sentence.

Robinson was detained outside Leeds Crown Court after using social media to broadcast details of a trial which is subject to blanket reporting restrictions.

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