Posted on 08/01/2018 3:28:44 AM PDT by Dana1960
Former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson was freed on bail today after his 13 month jail term for contempt of court was quashed - but his case will be re-heard again.
The far right activist, 35, has been in prison for two months after being locked up in May for filming defendents involved in a criminal trial at Leeds Crown Court and broadcasting the footage to 250,000 people on Facebook.
The activist, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, successfully appealed against his 13-month jail term for contempt of court claiming it was 'excessive' and the hearing was 'rushed'.
Lord Burnett said today the Court of Appeal was allowing his appeal 'in respect of the committal for contempt at Leeds Crown Court' - but said the case would have to be be heard again.
Robinson was not present for the ruling and is expected to be released from prison later today.
The decision send him to prison has sparked several protests all over the country and the campaign to get him freed has garnered support abroad, especially in the United States.
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First I read of it. Thanks.
Great news.
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Good news.
Now what kind of accountability / repercussions for those who railroaded him? None, I assume.
I would like to see PDJT tweet about this and shame Teresa May and woosie Khan.
It’s not really over. What they are saying is that the original judge technically screwed up, and the case must be tried again (fresh new judge). He could be sentenced to the same crime again. As for the original judge? To suggest he screwed up would bring up competency comments and I suspect that he’ll retire within six months.
This is Great- now He needs to get tye charges dropped and get the he!! outta that mess across the pond.
The UK, committing suicide by Uniparty bureaucrat.
I just saw this on Twitter. Amazing.
Stop the moronic leftists or become a police state.
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.
Churchill
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Headline is the only thing you need to really read.
Folks, this is what the police state does. The punishment is the process. Tommy will ultimately be found not-guilty of the political, made up crime that the police state imprisoned him for. However, the punishment was already levied when he was incarcerated and then transferred to a muslim majority prison where he could easily have been murdered.
We must fight against the police state because this is the direction the United States is also going.
JoMa
The problem is what he did. He is guilty of that even if it was a trumped up charge. The punishment was WAY too extreme. They were trying to intimidate anyone who opposes the government.
Meanwhile, the other guys are killing and raping with no punishment.
Scary stuff.
Great news!
Excellent !
Why even include this info unless you want him to be harmed?
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