Tommy robinson set to be freed from jail in days

HE IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE PRISON WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK AFTER HIS PRISON TERM WAS REDUCED 11:17, 20 May 2025 Tommy Robinson is set to be freed from jail within the next week after his jail-term

was slashed at the High Court. The EDL co-founder was jailed for 18 months last October for the civil offence of contempt of court. He had admitted multiple breaches of an injunction made in

2021, which prohibited him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel. The sentence was made up of a 14-month 'punitive' element

and a four-month 'coercive' element. Sentencing judge Mr Justice Johnson told Robinson he could have the coercive element taken off his sentence if he were to 'purge'

his contempt by taking steps to comply with the injunction. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, applied to purge his contempt at a hearing on Tuesday, May 20. Article

continues below READ MORE: VICTIMS OF £8.9M SCAM 'MAY NEVER GET MONEY BACK' AFTER CONMAN DIES BEHIND BARS His lawyers told the court that he had shown a 'commitment' to

comply with the order. Lawyers for the Solicitor General said they agreed that Robinson had taken steps to adhere to the injunction. Robinson was previously due to be released on July 26 but

his sentence has now reduced by four months. In a ruling, Mr Justice Johnson said that there was an 'absence of contrition or remorse' from Robinson but that he had shown a

'change in attitude' since he was sentenced. He said: "He (Robinson) has given an assurance that he will comply with the injunction in the future, that he has no intention of

breaching it again, and that he is aware of the consequences of what would happen if he breached the injunction again." The judge said: "I consider it appropriate to grant the

application." He added: "The practical effect, subject to confirmation by the prison authorities, is that the defendant will be released once he has completed the punitive element,

which I understand will be within the next week." Robinson, who attended the hearing via video-link from HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes, showed no immediate reaction once the judgment

was handed down. He was jailed last year for 10 breaches of the injunction after the Solicitor General issued two contempt claims against him. The first alleged he 'knowingly'

breached the order on four occasions, including by having 'published, caused, authorised or procured' a film called Silenced, which contains the libellous allegations, in May 2023.

The film was pinned to the top of his profile on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. He also repeated the claims in three interviews between February and June 2023. The

second claim was issued in August 2024 and concerned six further breaches, including playing the film at a demonstration in Trafalgar Square in central London last summer. Handing down the

sentence at Woolwich Crown Court, Mr Justice Johnson said Robinson could 'purge' his contempt by showing 'a commitment to comply with the injunction'. _DON'T MISS

THE BIGGEST AND BREAKING STORIES BY SIGNING UP TO THE BIRMINGHAMLIVE NEWSLETTER HERE._ After being jailed, Robinson lost a bid in March to bring a legal challenge against the Ministry of

Justice over his segregation from other inmates. The 42-year-old then lost a challenge to his sentence at the Court of Appeal in April. But three senior judges said he could 'still

reduce the period he has to spend in custody by taking the steps identified' by Mr Justice Johnson. Barrister Alex Di Francesco, for Robinson, told the court on Tuesday that several of

the publications which constituted breaches of the injunction had been 'removed'. He said: "The defendant has demonstrated that commitment that Your Lordship required, both in

his words and his actions." Mr Di Francesco added: "Each admitted breach capable of being purged has been acted upon and has been entirely resulted in removal." Adam Payter,

for the Solicitor General, said that a review had been carried out to assess if the injunction had been complied with. He said the Solicitor General 'agrees that the material has been

removed from all bar two of the online locations' following a review. Mr Payter added that Robinson had taken steps to have the publications removed from the two locations where they

were still visible. The injunction was issued after Robinson was successfully sued by Jamal Hijazi, a then-schoolboy who was assaulted at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West

Yorkshire, in October 2018. After a clip of the incident went viral, Robinson made false claims on Facebook. Article continues below This included that Mr Hijazi attacked girls in his

school, leading to the libel case. Mr Justice Nicklin ordered Robinson to pay Mr Hijazi £100,000 in damages and his legal costs, as well as making the injunction preventing Robinson from

repeating the allegations. Mr Justice Johnson said on Tuesday that Robinson could be jailed for up to two years if he breached the injunction again in the future.