Tommy Robinson on Monday admitted ten breaches of a 2021 High Court injunction which barred him from repeating libelous claims about a Syrian refugee schoolboy named Jamal Hijazi.Peter Nicholls/Getty Images

UK far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson jailed – POLITICO

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LONDON — Far-right British activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after admitting to contempt of court.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, on Monday admitted ten breaches of a 2021 High Court injunction which barred him from repeating libelous claims about a Syrian refugee schoolboy named Jamal Hijazi.

Lawyers for Hijazi, who successfully sued Yaxley-Lennon for libel, previously said Robinson’s false claims had had “a devastating effect” on him and his family and forced them to move home. Robinson was ordered to pay Hijazi £100,000 in damages and abide by an injunction preventing him from repeating the claims.