Tommy Robinson case - live: EDL founder's supporters attack journalists after he is jailed for contempt of court
Live updates from Old Bailey hearing
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Tommy Robinson has been sent back to prison for encouraging ”vigilante action” against defendants in a grooming gang trial during a video livestreamed on Facebook.
The founder of the English Defence League was found in contempt of court last week over the film, which breached reporting restrictions on the case in Leeds in May 2018 and came close to collapsing the case against the guilty men.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was originally jailed for 13 months last year but was freed on appeal.
Appearing at the Old Bailey today, he was sentenced to nine months imprisonment, reduced to 19 weeks because of time already served. The maximum sentence available to the judges was two years' imprisonment.
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Mr Robinson has left the courtroom with a security officer. No sign of a decision yet.
Meanwhile the bus has arrived outside court, at the Ludgate Hill end of the road.
Former Ukip leader Gerard Batten is giving a speech from the stage.
And here's the scene as Tommy Robinson arrived at court wearing a t-shirt bearing the words "convicted of journalism". He also had a badge saying "I support soldiers A-Z".
Robinson's supporters are tweeting a "message from Tommy" calling for a protest outside prison on Saturday (if he is jailed).
'I'm in court for doing what you've just done,' Tommy Robinson (wrongly) tells Sky News reporter who asks him a question outside court. It would only possibly approach truth if Tommy Robinson was the defendant in a criminal trial involving a jury which was still considering its verdict.
Dame Victoria Sharp refers to finding of contempt of court last week.
"Our task today is to propose an appropriate penalty."
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