Tommy Robinson to face contempt of court proceedings
Written by News on 07/03/2019
Tommy Robinson will face contempt of court proceedings after the attorney general said it was in the public interest.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, will appear at the High Court on 22 March.
Nicholas Hilliard QC, the Recorder of London, referred the contempt of court case to the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC MP late last year.
In deciding to refer the case to the High Court, Mr Cox was acting independently of government.
He based his decision on an assessment of the evidence and whether it was in the wider public interest to institute proceedings.
Mr Cox said: “After carefully considering the details of this case, I have concluded there are strong grounds to bring fresh contempt of court proceedings against Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.
“As proceedings are now underway, it would not be appropriate to comment further and I remind everyone that it is an offence to comment on live court cases.”
Robinson was found to be in contempt of court on 25 May 2018.
But he successfully applied to the Court of Appeal for the original finding against him to be quashed.
Contempt of court is punishable by up to 2 years in prison, and/or a fine.
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