Tommy Robinson Sentenced To 9-Months In Jail For Contempt Of Court

Tommy Robinson Sentenced To 9-Months In Jail For Contempt Of Court

July 12. 2019

Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson has been sentenced to 9-months in jail on contempt of court charges. He will serve half of that sentence and receive credit for 2-months served, which occurred prior to his release on appeal. Robinson, who wore “convicted of journalism” t-shirts to events, complained of lack of freedoms in the United Kingdom, incorrectly likening the nation to North Korea. If you know Britain, you will immediately detect the gross inaccuracies in his statements, which has not helped his cause. Robinson’s sentencing created a mini-riot outside the courthouse, where his supporters attacked police and journalists.

In 2018 Robinson had been formally warned by the court regarding filming and harassing defendants in grooming gang trials in England, regarding pedophiles raping underage girls. Robinson filmed the Muslim men leaving courts, while shouting at them, in footage he streamed over social networking.

In 2019, Robinson defied the judge’s order again by filming from the sidewalk, rather than on court property, and was promptly arrested by police, as his conduct placed the criminal trial in jeopardy. Police quickly terminated his filming and took him into custody before the criminal defendants were leaving court for the day during the trial.

The authorities did so, as Robinson’s attempt to expose and turn the public against the pedophiles could have given cause to their attorneys to argue the case has been prejudiced and their clients cannot get a fair trial. It would have resulted in a mistrial, destroying months of work by the government to bring them to justice. The government did obtain a conviction and the pedophiles were sentenced to years in prison.

The judicial press ban is not a permanent legal tool. They are not attempting to cover up the criminal misconduct of pedophiles. Once a conviction is obtained, the press is free to report on the identity of the pedophiles and the contents of the trial (except the identities of the underage victims, in order to protect the children who were abused). Once the guilty verdict was reached by the jury, the press in Britain began freely reporting on the case, including the identity of the perpetrators.

All Robinson had to do was wait and let the police and court complete their work. That was not much to ask. They did not lay an unreasonable request on Robinson or any member of the public. However, Robinson is selling himself as an incendiary brand, appealing to white working class Britons in the far right, who feel they are being marginalized in their own nation.

Each time Robinson is arrested, it gives him publicity in the press, attention on social networking and donations from supporters. Robinson has received millions in donations, enabling him to live in a $1,300,000 house in Manchester, drive a Range Rover luxury car and wear designer clothes. For him it has become a business not a cause.