Posted on 04/16/2025 6:40:19 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Tommy Robinson, founder of the far-right group English Defence League, has lost his appeal against an 18-month prison sentence for contempt of court.
Three of England’s most senior judges, including the lady chief justice Baroness Sue Carr, dismissed a challenge Robinson brought against the sentence that he received last October.
Robinson challenged his sentence, which he received for repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, on health grounds.
His lawyers told the Court of Appeal that he was suffering from conditions including complex post-traumatic stress disorder and his imprisonment was “making him ill”.
However, in a ruling on Wednesday, the judges found there was no basis to reduce the sanction and described the legal reasoning of the judge who originally sentenced him as “scrupulous and impeccable”.
The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, released videos in 2018 in which he claimed that the refugee, Jamal Hijazi, was part of a gang and had taken part in a violent assault. The videos were viewed almost a million times and Hijazi became a target of abuse.
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It’s a civil charge and he is being held in solitary confinement for eighteen months.
Totally unheard of.
Any far left instigators ever lose an appeal against a prison sentence? I did’t think so. All of these Judge Judy Feral jackasses keep the satanic DemonRATS out of prison or jail.
This is in Britain.
What’s “far right”?
Patriot?
Lover of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and America?
Washington, Jefferson, and the Founders?
Hater of the Lying Left?
Good company, that. Count me in.
I’d like to see this article in a right-leaning publication.
FT sounds like they are trying to give the judges a tongue bath...
18 months? Anyone wondering why our First Amendment is our FIRST amendment?
At least they have him in solitary. Muslims would have killed by now if he was in general.
When he gets out, he should seek asylum in the US.
Britain is now a border line police state. With Starmer in charge, expect a full scale police state in due time.
His lawyers says he is not doing very well. Lost a lot of weight and is real jumpy. The lawyer said Tommy has ADHD and being isolated is harder on people with ADHD. That’ what he said, anyway. Prison food is crap, and losing lots of weight is standard.
I think they crossed that border line some time back.
It's my understanding that the government's defense of this solitary confinement is that their jails are so totally given over to the control of Islamists that he wouldn't survive a day in general confinement.
Recall that disgusting wicked Hillary going on about limiting free speech back before the dementia carcass got tossed. I have zero doubt they installed that Godless Keir Starmer with Obamas/WEF interference same as back when they engineered installing Pope Francis. They were about to make an all out assault free speech. They will not stop trying.
This is not a battle against flesh and blood.
That's correct.
Ironically, the British government is trying to keep him safe.
Or at least, that's my understanding.
I heard that too, but his lawyer said that it would be feasible to give him some daily socialization, they just want to punish him as much as they possibly can.
In other words he is in contempt of court for telling the truth about gang rapists. And for that they want to throw him in a dark hole and throw away the key.
What did he “repeat” about the Syrian refugee? Was he guilty of only retweeting or agreeing someone else’s statement? Was what he said really false? I didn’t want to load cookies from the Financial Times.
Even so, general pop amongst Muslims is going to be a death sentence.
Tommy Robinson doesn’t like rape gangs, minors being groomed by rape gangs and two tiers of justice.
No wonder they call him FAR RIGHT! They should have added FRINGE and DOMESTIC TERRORIST too. }:(
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