Posted on 10/28/2024 3:44:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months for contempt of court for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, in breach of an injunction.
He was told that “nobody is above the law” by a judge who said the “flagrant” breaches had been done in a “sophisticated” way to ensure the false claims would achieve “maximum coverage”, reaching tens of millions of people.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, had shown no remorse and there was no realistic prospect of rehabilitation, said Mr Justice Johnson, who told Woolwich crown court on Monday: “All of his actions so far suggest that he regards himself as above the law.”
However, the judge allowed for four months to be removed from the sentence if Robinson “purged” himself by removing the false claims from social media accounts he controlled.
While two days had been set aside for the hearing, the court was told in the morning that Robinson had admitted contempt through 10 breaches of a high court order made in 2021, and which led to the solicitor general issuing two contempt applications.
The hearing was told that Robinson had in effect repeated all of the allegations that led to him losing a libel case brought by Jamal Hijazi, who had been filmed being attacked at a school in West Yorkshire.
Shortly after the video of the incident went viral, Robinson falsely claimed in Facebook videos that Hijazi was “not innocent and he violently attacks young English girls in his school”.
The false claims were repeated by Robinson in interviews with figures including Gareth Icke, son of the conspiracy theorist David Icke, and in a film made by Robinson. Entitled Silenced, it was viewed by millions of people as a result of being shared on online platforms...
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“Nobody is above the law.” (Except DemonRATS) That judge is one smart mofo. Ain’t nobody getting over on the old judgey.
What evidence has Robinson that Hijazi attacked girls?
Watch the movie - Silenced
Details of all facts related to this case.
Available on Netflix and Tubi
Watch the film. Multiple people say the kid was a bad seed.
We know who the fascists are.
When he gets out of prison, he should move here (to a red state) with his family!
What a fine Dad.
Britain continues to eat itself. It is a pile of powder awaiting a spark. The spark unfortunately will be economic....when there is nothing left to lose, but another meal.
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