Tommy Robinson Sent To Prison

24th January 2014

Former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has been jailed for 18 months for mortgage fraud.

Robinson, 31, from Bedfordshire, who stood down from the EDL last year, was sentenced at St Albans Crown Court after pleading guilty last November.

The fraud amounted to £160,000 over a period of six months.

Robinson left the EDL in October, citing concerns over the "dangers of far-right extremism".

The court was told his life was in danger, and he would have to spend his prison time in solitary confinement.

His barrister Charles Sherrard QC said that in January 2013, when Robinson was jailed for 10 months for using someone else's passport to travel to the USA, he had spent the whole time in solitary and was moved to four different jails for his safety.

'Wanted by al-Shabab'

"Even in solitary he was regarded as being in danger," said Mr Sherrard.


Robinson co-founded the EDL in 2009 after a parade by the Royal Anglian Regiment in Luton was disrupted by Islamist protesters.

Mr Sherrard said Robinson was in even more danger now, having left the organisation.

"He has alienated another large part of the community who saw him as their leader," he said.

Robinson's safety was also at risk from members of Somali insurgent group al-Shabab, he added.

"He is on a wanted list for al-Shabab so the prospect of prison for him takes on another level," said Mr Sherrard.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25862838

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Sassy wrote:Already been done, better go to specsavers lol

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