First published at 18:07 UTC on March 7th, 2019.
Video taken from Tommy Robinson. - Tommy Robinson to face fresh contempt of court proceedings. Attorney general cites strong public interest grounds to bring case against EDL founder. - The former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson i…
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Video taken from Tommy Robinson. - Tommy Robinson to face fresh contempt of court proceedings. Attorney general cites strong public interest grounds to bring case against EDL founder. - The former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson is facing a fresh hearing over an allegation that he committed contempt of court by filming people in a criminal trial and broadcasting footage on social media.
The attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, has concluded it is in the public interest to bring proceedings against the far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. The first hearing in the case is due to take place at the high court in London on 22 March.
Robinson was jailed for 13 months in May last year after he filmed people involved in a criminal trial and broadcast the footage on social media.
The footage, lasting about an hour, was watched 250,000 times within hours of being posted on Facebook. It was filmed during the trial of four men who were later convicted of gang-raping a teenage girl. But a contempt finding was quashed by the court of appeal in August and he was freed on bail pending new proceedings at the Old Bailey.
Nicholas Hilliard, the recorder of London, then referred the case to Cox in October, after the judge received a statement from Robinson. The 35-year-old could be sent back to jail if he is again found in contempt.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/07/tommy-robinson-to-face-fresh-contempt-of-court-proceedings
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