Tommy Robinson found guilty of contempt of court, faces jail for social media broadcast
British EDL founder Tommy Robinson faces jail time after High Court judges determined him in contempt of court, linked to his filming of criminal defendants outside of a courthouse and broadcasting the footage online.
Lawyers representing Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, who requested to have Robinson jailed over the broadcasts, argued the activist’s “whole objective” was to “get the defendants’ faces out there.”
Though Robinson denies any wrongdoing and maintains he was only sharing information already in the public domain, High Court justices Victoria Sharp and Mark Warby found the activist guilty on multiple counts of contempt.
Robinson is accused of violating a reporting restriction which delayed publication of details on the cases of 29 defendants in an effort to ensure they received fair trials, and was previously sentenced to over a year in jail following another contempt ruling, but only served two months before it was overturned.
The case was returned to the attorney general, who decided in March to renew the contempt proceedings.
A crowd of around 300 of Robinson’s supporters gathered outside the courthouse on Thursday in anticipation of the ruling.
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