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Tommy Robinson has been jailed for nine months for contempt of court.

The ex-English Defence League leader was found guilty last week of interfering with the trial of a sexual grooming gang at Leeds Crown Court in May 2018.

Two Old Bailey judges said his Facebook Live video of defendants in the trial had encouraged "vigilante action".

A social media account in Robinson's name called his sentence an "absolute joke" and said it was time to protest.

Outside court, his supporters pelted police with bottles and cans.

Later, journalists filming on College Green outside the Houses of Parliament were verbally abused, physically intimidated and had their equipment attacked before police officers arrived.

The BBC News at One cut short a broadcast from College Green as protesters interrupted a live report.

Police said no arrests had yet been made in relation to Thursday's protests.

But officers did arrest three people for affray, and one for a public order offence in relation to a protest that happened outside court on the day of Robinson's conviction last Friday.

Four other people had already been arrested for affray on Friday.

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Outside the Old Bailey, supporters of Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, booed and chanted "we want Tommy out" after his sentencing, before some began throwing missiles at police.

As a prison van thought to contain Robinson drove away, several people shouted "we love you, Tommy".

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protesters also gathered in large numbers outside the Old Bailey

During the 2018 case at Leeds Crown Court, reporting restrictions had been put in place postponing the publication of any details until the end of a series of linked trials involving 29 defendants.

However, Robinson, 36, from Luton, broadcast footage from outside the court on 25 May 2018, while the jury in the second trial of the series was considering its verdict.

The video lasted an hour-and-a-half and was viewed online 250,000 times, after being live-streamed on Facebook.

In a written ruling, Dame Victoria Sharp said Robinson had claimed his intention in making the broadcast was to "denounce the media" for their behaviour.

But the judges found he had encouraged others "to harass a defendant by finding him, knocking on his door, following him, and watching him".

This created "a real risk that the course of justice would be seriously impeded", she said.

Possible appeal

Robinson was originally jailed for 13 months on the day of the Facebook broadcast, but was released two months into his sentence after winning an appeal.

The case was then referred back to Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, who announced, in March this year, that it was in the public interest to bring fresh proceedings.

The nine month jail sentence served on Thursday includes six months for the Leeds Crown Court offence last year and another three months for contempt of court, following a suspended sentence given at Canterbury Crown Court in May 2017.

At the Old Bailey on Thursday, Dame Victoria told Robinson that the time he previously spent behind bars for contempt would be taken into account, reducing his sentence to 19 weeks - of which he would serve half before being released.

Robinson's barrister Richard Furlong raised the possibility of an appeal against the court's decision and was told he has 28 days to apply.

The attorney general said the sentencing illustrated how seriously the courts would take matters of contempt.

"I would urge everyone to think carefully about whether their social media posts could amount to contempt of court," Mr Cox added.

What is contempt of court?

Contempt of court laws exist to ensure people have fair trials. The idea is that juries must not be influenced by anything but the evidence they hear in court.

The rules apply to everyone from journalists to people posting comments on social media, and even jurors.

If someone interferes with a trial, the defendants can walk free and a new trial may have to be held.

The maximum sentence for contempt of court is two years in prison, but it can also be punished with an unlimited fine.

Contempt includes publishing anything that creates a substantial risk of seriously prejudicing "active" criminal proceedings. Proceedings become "active" when a suspect is arrested.

Someone could also be in contempt by actions including taking photographs or film, recording what is said in court or talking to a jury member about a case. </s> British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson was jailed for contempt of court on Thursday, having live-streamed a confrontation with defendants in a criminal trial that was subject to reporting restrictions.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was sentenced to nine months in jail, minus the time he has already spent in prison, reducing his term to 19 weeks, of which he will serve half before being released.

“Nothing less than a custodial penalty would properly reflect the gravity of the conduct we have identified,” judge Victoria Sharp said at the Old Bailey in London, England’s central criminal court.

“The respondent cannot be given credit for pleading guilty. He has lied about a number of matters and sought to portray himself as the victim of unfairness and oppression.”

Sharp and fellow judge Mark Warby last Friday found Robinson had acted in contempt when broadcasting footage of defendants arriving at Leeds Crown Court in northern England in May 2018.

He live-streamed footage of men accused of the sexual exploitation of young girls, while the jury in the second of a series of linked grooming trials was considering its verdicts.

Reporting restrictions postponed the publication of any details until the end of all the cases, in a bid to ensure all defendants received a fair trial.

Robinson, 36, denied any wrongdoing, saying he did not believe he was breaching any reporting restrictions and had only referred to information that was already in the public domain.

Robinson was jailed for 13 months in May 2018 after being found in contempt of court on the day of the broadcast.

He served 10 weeks in prison before being freed after the original finding of contempt was overturned by the Court of Appeal in August.

But the case was then referred back to Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, who announced in March that it was in the public interest to bring fresh proceedings against Robinson.

“Posting material online that breaches reporting restrictions or risks prejudicing legal proceedings has consequences,” Cox said Thursday after the sentencing.

“I would urge everyone to think carefully about whether their social media posts could amount to contempt of court.”

Scores of Robinson’s supporters had gathered outside the court on Thursday, chanting his name and waving flags. He entered the building wearing a t-shirt saying “convicted of journalism”.

Robinson has 28 days to appeal against his conviction. </s> English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 13 months for breaking contempt of court laws, it can now be reported.

It comes after the right-wing activist was arrested on Friday outside Leeds Crown Court.

BirminghamLive has recently reported how Robinson, 35, has been suspended from Twitter.

It is understood that Mr Robinson's account was taken down for violating the platform's policies on "hateful conduct", though it is not clear what triggered the suspension.

In the latest incident, Mr Robinson was seen in footage being led towards the back of a police van and searched in footage posted on his Facebook page, reports The Mirror .

His arrest sparked mass protest outside Downing Street as supporters demanded his release.

Police officers were deployed to keep the crowd under control. Many could be seen holding #FreeTommy placards, one reading "Free the truth teller. Free Tommy".

The protest eventually made its way down to Parliament Square. The Met Police said there were no arrests.

Robinson founded the English Defence League in Luton in 2009 before resigning in 2013.

The organisation was responsible for violent marches on the streets where members clashed with police and counter-demonstrators.

Reporting restrictions were imposed by a judge which meant the full details of the case could not be revealed.

Those restrictions were lifted on Tuesday after an application by our colleagues at Leeds Live.

Here are the details of exactly what happened.

Tommy Robinson was broadcasting on Facebook Live outside Leeds Crown Court on Friday when he was stopped by police.

He was filming people entering the court in relation to an ongoing trial.

The broadcast lasted an hour and was watched more than 250,000 times.

t the time of the incident, a jury was considering its verdicts after hearing six weeks of evidence.

Reporting restrictions are in place on that case, so details cannot be revealed.

Robinson, of Oakley Rise, Wilstead, Bedford, filmed himself as he read out the defendants' names and the charges they face - some of which were wrong - and confronted them as they arrived at court.

Eventually, the 35-year-old was arrested on suspicion of a breach of the peace and was held in the court cells before being taken up to the courtroom to face the trial judge.

What happened to Tommy Robinson in court?

In a rare move, he was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours.

The video footage was played to Judge Geoffrey Marson QC as Robinson sat in the dock.

The judge said: “He referred to the charges that the defendants faced and some charges which are not proceeded against in relation to some defendants.”

Robinson, whose criminal record dates back to 2005, has a previous conviction for contempt of court.

He was the subject of a suspended prison sentence, imposed at Canterbury Crown Court, after he filmed in court.

He also has convictions for disobeying a court order, possessing identity documents with intent, fraud, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possessing drugs and threatening behaviour.

He pleaded guilty to contempt of court and breach of a suspended sentence.

Matthew Harding, mitigating, said his client felt "deep regret" after realising the potential consequences of his actions.

He said Robinson was aware of the reporting restriction in place in the case but thought what he was saying on camera was already in the public domain.

But the judge said: “No one could possibly conclude that it would be anything other than highly prejudicial to the defendants in the trial.

“I respect everyone’s right to free speech. That’s one of the most important rights that we have.

“With those rights come responsibilities. The responsibility to exercise that freedom of speech within the law.

“I am not sure you appreciate the potential consequence of what you have done."

He said it could mean a re-trial, 'costing hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds'.

Jailing the married father-of-three, the judge said: “People have to understand that if they breach court orders there will be very real consequences.”

He was then sent to Hull Prison to serve his sentence.

Why couldn't the case be reported?

Judge Marson imposed reporting restrictions under Section 4 of the Contempt of Court Act, which postponed reporting on the case.

This meant that media outlets could not report on the full details of the hearing.

However, those restrictions were lifted on Tuesday following an application by reporters from Leeds Live. </s> This article is more than 1 year old

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Tommy Robinson, the founder of the far-right English Defence League, has been jailed for 13 months for contempt of court.

The 35-year-old’s sentence can be revealed after a judge lifted reporting restrictions on the case on Tuesday. The case had been widely discussed on social media, where rightwing activists claimed that the restrictions amounted to state censorship.

Robinson was arrested on Friday after broadcasting an hour-long video over Facebook from outside Leeds crown court. In the video he made comments that risked causing a trial to collapse.

Robinson pleaded guilty to contempt of court. He was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours.

A court order is in place to prevent any reporting of the details of the trial in question. Another court order preventing reporting of Robinson’s arrest and the subsequent court proceedings was lifted on Tuesday after a challenge by Leeds Live and the Independent.

The restriction was put in place temporarily to prevent reporting on the Robinson case prejudicing the outcome of the first trial. It was lifted after a judge heard submissions that the order was already being widely violated by members of the public online.

Robinson attempted to film defendants entering the court and spoke about the case. The video was viewed more than 250,000 times.

Robinson’s arrest provoked protests in Whitehall on Saturday. Supporters were seen carrying placards reading “#FreeTommy” and shouting “shame on you”. A change.org petition calling for his release had received nearly 500,000 signatures by Tuesday afternoon.

Last year Robinson was given a suspended sentence for committing contempt during a rape trial in Canterbury, after he attempted to film the defendants. He had been told that he would go to prison if he broke the law again.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, was sentenced to 10 months for contempt of court and a further three months for breaching the terms of the previous suspended sentence.

Robinson’s supporters had posted online that his arrest was an infringement of his freedom of speech. On Sunday Donald Trump Jr, the US president’s son, retweeted one of Robinson’s supporters, adding: “Don’t let America follow in those footsteps.”

The Dutch far-right opposition leader Geert Wilders posted a video on Twitter, filmed from outside the British embassy in The Hague, describing Robinson’s prison sentence as “an absolute disgrace”.

He accused the judge of issuing a gagging order and said that freedom of speech was being violated all over Europe. “The lights of freedom are going out,” he said. “The authorities are trying to silence us.” </s> The video will start in 8 Cancel

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The English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 13 months for contempt of court.

Robinson, 35, was sentenced on Friday after protesting outside Leeds Crown Court - but Robinson's case can only be reported today after a judge lifted restrictions.

The right wing activist was taken into custody for breach of the peace as he streamed an hour long Facebook Live outside the building, footage which was watched 250,000 times.

His comments on the film had the potential to cause the collapse of a long-running trial at a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds to the taxpayer.

Details of the trial cannot be reported for legal reasons. Robinson's broadcast breached these strict rules and impacted on the defendants' right to a fair trial.

Jailing him for 13 months, Judge Geoffrey Marson QC told Robinson: “No one could possibly conclude that it would be anything other than highly prejudicial to the defendants in the trial.

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“I respect everyone’s right to free speech. That’s one of the most important rights that we have.

“With those rights come responsibilities. The responsibility to exercise that freedom of speech within the law.

“I am not sure you appreciate the potential consequence of what you have done."

The judge said Robinson's actions could have meant a re-trial, "costing hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds", Leeds Live reported.

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The judge added: “It is a serious feature that you were encouraging others to share what you were streaming live on social media.”

Jailing the married father-of-three, the judge said: “People have to understand that if they breach court orders there will be very real consequences.”

Details of Robinson's imprisonment were initially subject to a court order banning any press coverage, but this was lifted today after representations from the media.

Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was seen being led towards the back of a police van and searched in footage posted on his Facebook page.

In a rare move, he was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours.

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His arrest sparked mass protests outside Downing Street over the weekend as supporters demanded his release.

Police officers were deployed to keep the crowd under control.

Many could be seen holding #FreeTommy placards, one reading "Free the truth teller. Free Tommy".

The protest eventually made its way down to Parliament Square. The Met Police said there were no arrests.

In the footage of Robinson's arrest, he asks one supporter as he is led away: "Can you get me a solicitor? I'm on a suspended sentence, you see."

One officer in the footage says before reading Robinson his rights: "You are being arrested on suspicion of causing a breach of the peace."

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(Image: REX/Shutterstock)

The video footage was played to the judge as Robinson sat in the dock.

Robinson, whose criminal record dates back to 2005, has a previous conviction for contempt of court.

He was the subject of a suspended prison sentence, imposed at Canterbury Crown Court, after he filmed in court.

He also has convictions for disobeying a court order, possessing identity documents with intent, fraud, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possessing drugs and threatening behaviour.

He pleaded guilty to contempt of court and breach of a suspended sentence.

(Image: REX/Shutterstock)

Matthew Harding, mitigating, said his client felt "deep regret" after realising the potential consequences of his actions.

The barrister added: "He was mindful, having spoken to others and taken advice, not to say things that he thought would actually prejudice these proceedings.

"He did not try to cause difficulties for the court process."

Mr Harding said Robinson had been the victim of assaults while serving time in prison before and there had been "a price on his head" during his last prison term with inmates being offered the reward of drugs and mobile phones to kill him.

Robinson founded the English Defence League in Luton in 2009 before resigning in 2013.

The organisation was responsible for violent marches on the streets where members clashed with police and counter-demonstrators. </s> Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson is in Hull Prison after being jailed for contempt of court.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on Friday at Leeds Crown Court.

He was then sent to Hull Prison, where he remains while he serves his sentence.

However, reporting restrictions were imposed by a judge which meant the full details of the case could not be revealed.

Those restrictions were lifted on Tuesday after an application by our colleagues at Leeds Live.

Here are the details of exactly what happened.

Tommy Robinson was broadcasting on Facebook Live outside Leeds Crown Court on Friday when he was stopped by police.

He was filming people entering the court in relation to an ongoing trial.

The broadcast lasted an hour and was watched more than 250,000 times.

At the time of the incident, a jury was considering its verdicts after hearing six weeks of evidence.

Reporting restrictions are in place on that case, so details cannot be revealed.

Robinson, of Oakley Rise, Wilstead, Bedford, filmed himself as he read out the defendants' names and the charges they face - some of which were wrong - and confronted them as they arrived at court.

Eventually, the 35-year-old was arrested on suspicion of a breach of the peace and was held in the court cells before being taken up to the courtroom to face the trial judge.

What happened to Tommy Robinson in court?

In a rare move, he was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours.

The video footage was played to Judge Geoffrey Marson QC as Robinson sat in the dock.

The judge said: “He referred to the charges that the defendants faced and some charges which are not proceeded against in relation to some defendants.”

Robinson, whose criminal record dates back to 2005, has a previous conviction for contempt of court.

He was the subject of a suspended prison sentence, imposed at Canterbury Crown Court, after he filmed in court.

He also has convictions for disobeying a court order, possessing identity documents with intent, fraud, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possessing drugs and threatening behaviour.

He pleaded guilty to contempt of court and breach of a suspended sentence.

Matthew Harding, mitigating, said his client felt "deep regret" after realising the potential consequences of his actions.

He said Robinson was aware of the reporting restriction in place in the case but thought what he was saying on camera was already in the public domain.

But the judge said: “No one could possibly conclude that it would be anything other than highly prejudicial to the defendants in the trial.

“I respect everyone’s right to free speech. That’s one of the most important rights that we have.

“With those rights come responsibilities. The responsibility to exercise that freedom of speech within the law.

“I am not sure you appreciate the potential consequence of what you have done."

He said it could mean a re-trial, 'costing hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds'.

Jailing the married father-of-three, the judge said: “People have to understand that if they breach court orders there will be very real consequences.”

He was then sent to Hull Prison to serve his sentence.

Why couldn't the case be reported?

Judge Marson imposed reporting restrictions under Section 4 of the Contempt of Court Act, which postponed reporting on the case.

This meant that media outlets could not report on the full details of the hearing.

However, those restrictions were lifted on Tuesday following an application by reporters from Leeds Live.

It's completely FREE and features all the latest news, sport and what’s on information. You can download it for iPhone and iPad from Apple's App Store , or get the Android version from Google Play . </s> The UK Central Criminal Court sentenced far-right activist Tommy Robinson to nine months in prison on Thursday for contempt of court over a video he livestreamed on social media back in May 2018 featuring defendants in a sexual grooming gang trial in breach of reporting restrictions, media reported

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 11th July, 2019) The UK Central Criminal Court sentenced far-right activist Tommy Robinson to nine months in prison on Thursday for contempt of court over a video he livestreamed on social media back in May 2018 featuring defendants in a sexual grooming gang trial in breach of reporting restrictions, media reported.

Robinson, who founded the anti-Islamic English Defence League movement in 2009 but later left it over what he described as "dangers of far-right extremism," was initially sentenced to 13 months in prison for filming defendants and making insulting comments about their Muslim background. In August 2018, the UK Court of Appeal, however, decided to free Robinson on bail. The case was later referred back to the attorney general.

Under the fresh verdict, he got six months for filming suspects involved in an ongoing trial then subject to blanket reporting restrictions and three more months for an earlier contempt, according to the Independent newspaper.

Given the time that he previously spent in prison, a judge reduced his sentence to 19 weeks, of which he will serve half before being allowed to go free, the media outlet specified.

Delivering the verdict, Judge Dame Victoria Sharp said that "nothing less than a custodial penalty would reflect the gravity of the conduct." She went on to note that the words Robinson used could have been interpreted by his audience as "an incitement" to harass the defendants, threatening to put at risk the course of justice.

Robinson, wearing a T-shirt that read "Convicted of Journalism," denied any guilt, maintaining that he had been unaware of breaching a reporting ban.

Soon after the verdict was announced, Robinson's supporters, who gathered outside the court, started hurling bottles at police. Several people have been reportedly arrested.

The defense now has 28 days to file an appeal.

In a comment to Sputnik, former UK Independence Party leader Gerard Batten called the verdict for Robinson an "absolute disgrace.

"I cannot believe I'm here in my own country, under a legal system that is one of the best in the world, in a free democratic country ... where we have been reduced to this because of the establishment's fear and submission to fundamentalist islam. And that they will victimize one of their own people in order to submit to it," he said.

According to the politician, the court should have let the activist walk out a free man because he has "already served a lot of time in prison, including time in solidarity confinement."

"They have said that they want to make an example of him and in my opinion they have shown up that this is an entirely malicious prosecution and a malicious conviction. The question now is what prison they will send him to. Are they going to put him in a safe prison or are they going to put him in one of those run by Muslim gangs where his life will be under threat and they'll have to put him back in solidarity confinement. And what a choice that would be. Solidarity confinement, which is going to damage him psychologically, or being out in the general population where he could be attacked or murdered," he argued.

Speculating on the essence of the conviction, Batten opined that Robinson "was outside a court doing what the mainstream media do all the time."

"He tried to establish if there were reporting restrictions, which he was told there weren't, and he made every reasonable effort to try and find out. He asked defendants going in to hear the sentence, hear their convictions, how they felt about the conviction ... the verdict ... which is something the mainstream media do all the time. Everything that he said regarding that case was in the public domain, but that's what he's been convicted on," he pointed out.

The politician concluded that, with such verdicts, the country was reducing itself "to the level of some tin-pot dictatorship or a satellite of the old Soviet Union," which was "enough to make anybody sick." </s> Tommy Robinson, Britain's most prominent far-right activist, has been sent to jail after being found guilty of contempt of court for livestreaming outside of a child grooming trial.



Robinson, 36, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was found to have breached reporting restrictions in a child grooming gang trial, which High Court judges ruled had encouraged "vigilante action" against the defendants.

On Thursday morning at London's Old Bailey, Robinson was given a nine-month sentence. However, he will only serve 10 weeks in prison to reflect time already served.

It's the second time the anti-Muslim activist has been sent to jail over the hourlong Facebook Live broadcast, which had been viewed 250,000 times.

Last year, Robinson was jailed for 13 months, but the Court of Appeal later quashed the conviction. The attorney general brought fresh contempt proceedings against Robinson this year.

Robinson had been filming the defendants of a child grooming trial at Leeds Crown Court in May 2018, streaming confrontations with the men directly to his once-popular Facebook page.

Reporting restrictions had been put in place, which stopped journalists from publicising details of the case until three separate trials involving more than two dozen people had been completed. In October last year, the restrictions were lifted and news outlets reported that 20 men had been found guilty of a gang that had raped and groomed young girls.

Robinson founded the English Defence League and in recent years has risen to become the UK's most infamous far-right activist online. He gathered a huge following on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube through provocative videos and stunts targeting the Muslim community.



Since last year, major social media platforms have taken action against Robinson to restrict his reach: Facebook removed his million-strong fan page and Instagram account, Twitter deleted his account, and YouTube restricted the reach of his videos.



But Robinson has still been able to rely on the global network of far-right news outlets and YouTube personalities to boost his cause — Canada's far-right Rebel Media has repeatedly featured Robinson in videos and its campaigns, with the network's host Katie Hopkins also pictured at Robinson's sentencing today,

This week, ahead of the sentencing, Robinson "cohosted" Alex Jones' Infowars programme; he used the platform to make a direct plea to US president Donald Trump to give him asylum. </s> The venerable Old Bailey courthouse was the scene on Thursday as citizen-journalist Tommy Robinson was sentenced to nine months in prison after being convicted of contempt-of-court last Friday. Robinson will reportedly serve only 10 additional weeks of the sentence as he was previously jailed last year on the same charge.

Robinson, wearing a dark tee-shirt with the phrase, “Convicted of Journalism” on the front with “Britain = North Korea” on the back, turned to the public gallery and winked as he was being led back to the holding cells.

Robinson is being imprisoned for the crime of livestreaming outside the Leeds Crown Courthouse in May of 2018, while the trial of several Muslim men accused of committing sexual abuse against minor girls was ongoing. The 20 men, collectively known as the Huddersfield Grooming Gang, were convicted of 120 separate offenses against 15 girls in October of 2018.

The three-judge panel concluded that they had no choice but to imprison Robinson. “We are in no doubt that the custody threshold is crossed in this case, in particular having regard to the common law contempt that the respondent committed,” said Dame Victoria Sharp, one of the judges.

“Nothing less than a custodial penalty would properly reflect the gravity of the conduct we have identified.”

Robinson — real name Steven Yaxley-Lennon — is the former head of the English Defense League, an organization dedicated to preventing the slow takeover of British society by Islamic immigrants. The organization still exists although it has been de-platformed by every major social media company.

Robinson reportedly breached a reporting restriction on the trial with his livestream and, according to the judges, interfered with the trial by “aggressively confronting and filming” some of the defendants. Sharp said last week, “In our judgment, the respondent’s conduct in each of those respects amounted to a serious interference with the administration of justice.”

Sharp also claimed that Robinson encouraged “vigilante action” during his livestream outside of the court.

Robinson, 36, vehemently denies the charge and claims he was very careful in only relaying information that was already public knowledge.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was delighted with the verdict. “Posting material online that breaches reporting restrictions or risks prejudicing legal proceedings is a very serious matter and this is reflected in the court’s decision today.”

He added, “I would urge everyone to think carefully about whether their social media posts could amount to contempt-of-court.”

Cox was responsible for bringing the fresh contempt charges against Robinson back in March.

Robinson’s sentencing caused chaos outside the court as his supporters reacted to the decision with chants demanding his release. Supporters then marched to Parliament Square. Protestors also reportedly hurled objects and riot police needed to be brought in. London police reported eight arrests.

Today, on his Telegram account, Robinson posted, “Sentenced to prison for journalism. Time for protests to start, this is an absolute joke!” Robinson added, “Protest outside whatever prison I’m in on Saturday please.”

Earlier this week, Robinson was seen on Alex Jones’ Infowars program where he begged President Trump to grant him and his family emergency political asylum. During the appearance, Robinson lamented, “I feel like I’m two days away from being sentenced to death.”

Unfortunately for Robinson, the president was unmoved by his plea. “I beg Donald Trump, I beg the American government, to look at my case. I need evacuation from this country because dark forces are at work.”

Dark forces indeed. For more than a decade, Robinson has been busy exposing the phenomenon of the sexual grooming gangs in the United Kingdom. One statistic shows that 84 percent of these gangs are of “Asian” decent. But really, the more important identifier of the gangs is not their “Asian” decent, but their religion, which is predominantly Muslim.

But Great Britain’s PC culture cannot abide the fact that the vast majority of these sexual exploitive gangs are Muslim. Politicians and media in the UK wanted to keep that fact a secret. Thus, Robinson’s real crime is shedding a bright light on that fact.
British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson is sentenced to nine months in prison for contempt of court — minus time served equals about another 10 weeks in prison. Supporters attacked police and journalists following the court proceedings. Police say no new arrests were made.