Tommy robinson to be released from jail in days after sentence cut

STEPHEN YAXLEY-LENNON WAS JAILED IN OCTOBER AFTER ADMITTING MULTIPLE BREACHES OF AN INJUNCTION MADE IN 2021. CALLUM PARKE, PA 10:55, 20 May 2025 Tommy Robinson is due to be released from

prison within the next week after his 18-month sentence for the civil offence of contempt of court was reduced by four months at the High Court. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen

Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed in October after admitting multiple breaches of an injunction made in 2021, which barred him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who

successfully sued him for libel. The sentence comprised a 14-month “punitive” element and a four-month “coercive” element, with sentencing judge Mr Justice Johnson telling Robinson he could

have the latter taken off his sentence if he were to “purge” his contempt by taking steps to comply with the injunction. Robinson, who was previously due to be released on July 26, applied

to purge his contempt at a hearing on Tuesday, with his lawyers telling 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. Article continues below 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.” He continued: “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 admitted 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 Robinson’s profile on the social media site X, while he also repeated the claims in three interviews between February and June 2023. The second claim was issued in August last

year 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”. He said this could include taking steps such as removing Silenced and

other publications which breached the injunction from his social media accounts. After being jailed, Robinson lost a bid to bring a legal challenge against the Ministry of Justice over his

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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. Article continues below 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, including about Mr Hijazi attacking 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