Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed last October for the civil offence of contempt of court, and challenged the length of the sentence at the Court of Appeal on Friday.
The Solicitor General opposed Robinson’s appeal, with its barristers stating there are “no grounds for altering the sentence”.
“The judge’s application of the law and his reasoning on the appropriate sanction in this case both exhibit a meticulous approach,” they said.
Tommy Robinson was jailed after admitting 10 breaches of a High Court order made in 2021 (Photo: REUTERS/Chris J Ratcliffe)
He was jailed at Woolwich Crown Court after admitting 10 breaches of the injunction, the Solicitor General having earlier issued two contempt claims against him last year.
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.
Handing down the sentence in October, Mr Justice Johnson said “nobody is above the law”, and he described Robinson’s breaches of the injunction as “flagrant”.
At the Court of Appeal, Alisdair Williamson KC, for Robinson, said he has ADHD and “complex post-traumatic stress disorder”, which the sentencing judge was not fully aware of.
Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, appearing at Woolwich Crown Court (Photo: Elizabeth Cook/PA Wire)
He continued: “He is being kept safe by the authorities in segregation, but being kept safe is making him ill, and more ill than Mr Justice Johnson could have foreseen on the basis of the information before him.”
He said: “Legally, there is no basis for arguing that conditions unforeseeably imposed by the prison authorities could found a ground of appeal.”
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.
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.
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