British Extremist Tommy Robinson Jailed For 18 Months

October 28, 2024 Britain, Extremists

CNN reports:

British far-right political activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after he admitted to being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee, according to court documents. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, admitted on Monday to breaching UK court rules 10 times. Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), was accused of repeating false allegations that caused him to lose a libel suit in 2021.

The initial libel case related to Robinson making false accusations against a Syrian schoolboy who was attacked in an incident shared widely on social media. At the time, Robinson made allegations against the teenager in a number of social media videos, which he then deleted, falsely claiming the teen attacked English girls. The far-right figurehead later admitted to posting a fake photograph purporting to show violence by a Muslim gang.

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In 2019, Robinson appeared on Infowars to beg Trump for asylum because he claims to fear that Muslims will murder him in prison.

In 2018, the Trump administration’s “Ambassador for Religious Freedom” Sam Brownback lobbied Britain for Robinson’s release after he was first jailed for disrupting his trial on inciting racial hatred.

Robinson is a cult hero among the US far-right and has appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show to promote his white nationalist beliefs.

At one time, Robinson had been banned from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. In 2018, he was banned from Australia. In 2019, he was filmed sucker-punching a soccer fan outside a match in the Netherlands.



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