He was released from prison on 13 September 2019 after serving 9 weeks. On 5 July 2019, Robinson was again found guilty of contempt of court at the retrial and was committed at the Old Bailey to nine months in prison on 11 July․ Before his sentencing, Robinson appeared on InfoWars and appealed for political asylum in the United States. On 1 August 2018, due to procedural errors, he was released on bail pending a new hearing of the case. He has served at least four separate terms of imprisonment: in 2005 for assault, in 2012 for using false travel documents to enter the United States, in 2014 for mortgage fraud, and, in May 2018, Robinson was committed to prison for 13 months for contempt of court after publishing a Facebook Live video of defendants entering a law court, contravening a court order that disallows reporting on such trials while proceedings are ongoing. He has been committed to prison for contempt of court. His convictions include for violence, stalking, financial and immigration frauds, drug possession and public order offences. Robinson has a long-standing criminal record. From 2017 to 2018, Robinson wrote for and appeared in online videos for Rebel News, a Canadian far-right political website. He continued as an activist, and in 2015 became involved with the development of Pegida UK, a now defunct British chapter of the German-based far-right organisation Pegida. Robinson led the EDL from 2009 until 8 October 2013. For a short time in 2012, he was joint vice-chairman of the British Freedom Party (BFP). He was a member of the neo-fascist and white nationalist British National Party (BNP) from 2004 to 2005. Robinson has been active in far-right politics for many years. He is the co-founder and former leader of the English Defence League, and later served as a political advisor to former UKIP leader Gerard Batten.

Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon (born 27 November 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, is a British far-right, Islamophobic activist, and convicted criminal on multiple counts of violence and fraud as well as other crimes.

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