Tommy Robinson
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (born 27 November 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, is an English nationalist campaigner.
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| Born | 27 November 1982 Luton, England |
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| Spouse(s) | Jenna Vowles (m. 2011; div. 2021) |
| Children | 3 |
Tommy Robinson was born on 27 November 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire.[4] He is best known for his far-right politics and has received criticism about Islamophobia.[5][6]
He is the former leader of the European Defence League and English Defence League. In October 2013, he left the far-right group after four years. In January 2014, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.[7]
He has been in prison for different crimes, for example more than one time he was in prison for attacking other people[8][9][10] and because he travelled using another person's passport.[11]
Imprisonment
On 25 May 2018, Robinson was sent to prison for "a breach of the peace" while livestreaming outside Leeds Crown Court[12][13] during the trial of the Huddersfield grooming gang when the judge said he could not do that.[14] Despite the defendants asking for the trial to be made wrong because of what he did, the judge said that nothing Tommy Robinson said on the livestream could have influenced the jury as the decision in the trial had already been reached.[15][16]
Tommy Robinson Media
18 March 2018, Robinson at Speakers' Corner
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References
- ↑ "Why did Tommy Robinson change his name from real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon?". August 2018.
- ↑ Nicholson, Kate (27 November 2023). "Why Was Tommy Robinson Arrested At The March Against Antisemitism?". HuffPost. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ↑ "Tommy Robinson: Who is the ex-EDL leader born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon?". ITVX. 1 August 2018. https://www.itv.com/news/2018-08-01/tommy-robinson-who-is-the-ex-edl-leader-born-stephen-yaxley-lennon. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ↑ Hill, Matt Rowland (18 October 2013). "Who is the real Tommy Robinson?". The Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ Trilling, Daniel (25 October 2018). "Tommy Robinson and the far right’s new playbook" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/tommy-robinson-and-the-far-rights-new-playbook. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ↑ Fox, Kara; John, Tara. "Tommy Robinson, UK far-right figurehead, jailed for contempt of court". CNN. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ↑ "EDL founder Tommy Robinson jailed". The Independent. 23 January 2014.
- ↑ Spencer, John R (2016). Evidence of Bad Character (Third ed.). Oxford and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing. p. 301. ISBN 9781509900046.
- ↑ EDL leader facing jail after assault in Blackburn. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9279888.edl-leader-facing-jail-after-assault-in-blackburn/. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ↑ "EDL leader Stephen Lennon convicted of assault". BBC News. 29 September 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-15117961.
- ↑ Simmonds, Julian (7 January 2013). "EDL leader jailed for being illegal immigrant after entering US on friend's passport". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9785724/EDL-leader-jailed-for-being-illegal-immigrant-after-entering-US-on-friends-passport.html. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ↑ Dearden, Lizzie (25 May 2018). "Tommy Robinson arrested for 'breaching the peace' outside court during grooming trial". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/tommy-robinson-arrested-leeds-court-child-grooming-trial-edl-founder-latest-a8368821.html. Retrieved 25 May 2018. "Judge Heather Norton handed him a three months imprisonment in May last year but suspended it for 18 months on the condition he did not commit further offences. [...] "It is about preserving the integrity of the jury to continue without people being intimidated or being affected by irresponsible and inaccurate 'reporting', if that's what it was."".
- ↑ Daro, Ishmael N. (29 May 2018). "Who Is Tommy Robinson And Why Has His Arrest Captivated The Right Wing Media?". BuzzFeed News. https://www.buzzfeed.com/ishmaeldaro/tommy-robinson-arrest. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ↑ Perraudin, Frances (29 May 2018). "EDL founder Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/29/edl-founder-tommy-robinson-jailed-13-months. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ↑ "YEP says: Why what Tommy Robinson did was put Tommy first – what we did was put the victims first". Yorkshire Evening Post. 19 October 2018. https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/yep-says/yep-says-why-what-tommy-robinson-did-was-put-tommy-first-what-we-did-was-put-the-victims-first-1-9405525.
- ↑ Finnegan, Stephanie; MacKenzie, Oliver (30 May 2018). "This is why Tommy Robinson was jailed for filming outside a court". Cambridge News. https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/tommy-robinson-jailed-live-stream-14721419. Retrieved 13 February 2019.