British far-right political activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after he admitted to being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee, according to court documents.

The founder of the English Defence League was sentenced to 18 months for ignoring a court order to stop making false claims about a teenage Syrian refugee.

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after admitting contempt of court by repeating false claims against a Syrian refugee. Home and legal correspondent Dominic Casciani was in court and then headed back to the Newscast studio to explain the background.

Tommy Robinson has been sentenced for 18 months after he admitted committing contempt of court by repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee...

Robinson, who founded the far-right English Defence League, has admitted to breaching an injunction made after he was successfully sued for libel in 2021.

Thousands of Robinson’s supporters protested in central London on Saturday, but the right-wing figure missed the event

Robinson was jailed for 18 months after he confessed to 'flagrant' breaches of court orders by making false allegations against a Syrian refugee.View on euronews

Tommy Robinson has pleaded guilty to contempt of court after showing a film during a protest in London’s Trafalgar Square last year. Robinson, 41 whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has admitted breaching a High Court order which banned him from showing a defamatory video of a Syrian refugee.

Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, was jailed for 18 months on Monday after he admitted contempt of court by breaching an injunction made after he was successfully sued for libel.

Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after admitting contempt of court by repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee, in breach of an injunction. The far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, admitted 10 breaches of a High Court order made in 2021 at the start of a hearing at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday.

British anti-Muslim activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, on Monday admitted contempt of court by breaching an injunction made after he was successfully sued for libel.