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Tommy Robinson Given 9 Months in Prison, as UK Simultaneously Creates 'Committee for Journalists Saf

Rogue Valley said:
Not sure about British law, but in the US violating a "gag order" is considered contempt of court and can be remedied with a fine or jail time. A gag order is issued by a trial judge and is a form of prior restraint that prohibits parties, lawyers, prosecutors, witnesses, law enforcement officials, jurors and others from talking about or discussing the case. Any unauthorized recording of a court proceeding and/or playback would also constitute a gag order violation. US judges highly frown on gag order violations.
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Yeah, but this was former soccer hooligan Yaxley-Lennon the criminal voice of extreme right wing islamophobia/foreigner hatred in the UK. He should have been allowed that if you listen to some illogical people here
 
Chagos said:
Indeed, but see post #49.
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We are seeing a caravan of fact deniers in this forum lately.

From the BBC is owned by the government idiot to the Tommy Robinson swine in this thread.

Oy vey lol.
 
Frigidweirdo said:
I see the issue. He was told not to do something. He was told if he did it he would go to jail. He did it. He's going to jail.

Hardly difficult to comprehend, is it?
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What was he told not to do?
 
Peter King said:
He was banned by the court from disturbing the court proceedings by live streaming from outside the court with the suspects, he ignored the courts ban on filming there so he is guilty of contempt of court.

There was a blanket reporting restriction and Lennon was of the opinion those rules did not apply to him. Well the court has shown that ignoring the ruling of the court will get you convicted.

One of the results of his live streaming is that one of the convicted people in that case has now appealed his conviction because he argues that the courts decision/jury decision was prejudiced by Robinson’s Facebook live video outside Leeds Crown Court and the protests that followed his imprisonment.

So now someone who was convicted to 12 years is now trying to appeal his conviction and after the live streamed video one of the suspects fled. Court documents show that the rapist fled after a large demonstration of EDL thugs after the arrest of Lennon. Due to him feeling unsafe (is his reasoning and let's be honest, that is something that could have happened with that large mob of Lennon supporters.

All in all this kind of thing was exactly why the reporting ban was given, now the victims of that person who has appealed his sentence now in the worst case scenario, have to be put through the stresses of another trial. I hope the court throws out his appeal but if Yaxley-Lennon had not done what he did (and his thuggish supporters afterwards) there would not have been a suspected rapist who fled and there would not have been an appeal.

The High Court found that Robinson had committed contempt by risking a “serious impediment to the course of justice” with the video, and “interfering with the administration of justice” by the way he filmed outside Leeds Crown Court.
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Okay, so aside from all of he unnecessary information you decided to throw on the thread. Why was it ignored that he was not breaking the law, by streaming outside and not actually releasing information that was not already cleared, seeing as he was only speaking of things that had already been made publically available.

Does that not spark you as a bit problematic, when a standard that was not set. Gets just placed because someone decided that it should be.
 
Oborosen said:
What was he told not to do?
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Seriously?

Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court - BBC News

"During the 2018 case at Leeds Crown Court, reporting restrictions had been put in place postponing the publication of any details until the end of a series of linked trials involving 29 defendants.

However, Robinson, 36, from Luton, broadcast footage from outside the court on 25 May 2018, while the jury in the second trial of the series was considering its verdict."
 
Infinite Chaos said:
What do you mean by "has to be defined?"

Is that an Americanism or something that can be defined in legal practice and if so, do you have a link? Under British law, he was interfering with an ongoing trial and the defendants could have walked free and a new trial may have had to be held.



Under British law, he was originally jailed for 13 months for the same offence in May 2018 but his appeal was successful however it was clear he had been attempting to interfere with an ongoing trial and still trying to.
Before you say "ah but he was tried twice" - by interfering with an existing trial, he could have allowed the muslim paedophiles to be freed and they would have had to be re-tried.
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Defined as in, what did he actually do.

He released no new information that was not already publically available and he did not record, or live stream the trial.

So how did he break the law?
 
Oborosen said:
What was he told not to do?
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Interfere with an ongoing trial. Publishing pictures of the (still innocent) defendants. British trials are held under news blackout WHILE UNDERWAY. He knew that, but flouted the law and was punished. He could have created a mistrial by doing what he did.

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Frigidweirdo said:
Seriously?

Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court - BBC News

"During the 2018 case at Leeds Crown Court, reporting restrictions had been put in place postponing the publication of any details until the end of a series of linked trials involving 29 defendants.

However, Robinson, 36, from Luton, broadcast footage from outside the court on 25 May 2018, while the jury in the second trial of the series was considering its verdict."
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Which was not recording the trial. He was outside commentating on it and only speaking of information that was already publically known.
 
Aristaeus said:
If he didn't want to go to jail, he shouldn't have broken the law.
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If he did not want to go to jail he should have never said anything at all to help anyone with his reporting, because there are wicked biased authorities out there who will pervert judgment and justice in a heartbeat.

Journalist suppression in England today, strict mob-think propaganda oversight and enforcement in America tomorrow.
 
Manc Skipper said:
Interfere with an ongoing trial. Publishing pictures of the (still innocent) defendants. British trials are held under news blackout WHILE UNDERWAY. He knew that, but flouted the law and was punished. He could have created a mistrial by doing what he did.

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Wow with that T-shirt, its a wonder you weren't rooting for him.

The left usually has a soft spot for those kinds of criminals.

Then again it was address that he didn't reveal any unreleased information and I don't even recall an issue with someone releasing the mans picture.
But this is the same system that routinely harassed him and his family, so I'm not going to really take much of what they say as gospel.

You can, but you also apparently have a soft sport for authoritarian governments as well.
 
marke said:
If he did not want to go to jail he should have never said anything at all to help anyone with his reporting, because there are wicked biased authorities out there who will pervert judgment and justice in a heartbeat.
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He doesn't write, He can barely read. He's not a journalist, he's a far right agitator with proven links to Russian Israeli and American dark money.

He's dictated a missive from prison.

Tommy Robinson – My Struggle – the prison diaries – Pin Prick
 
Oborosen said:
Which was not recording the trial. He was outside commentating on it and only speaking of information that was already publically known.
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It doesn't say "recording the trial", does it? I mean, what's the point of asking for information if you're just going to ignore it?

It says that REPORTING RESTRICTIONS were imposed on "any details". Do you understand "any details"? It's not hard, well, maybe too hard for a retard like Yaxley-Lennon, are you trying to go down to his level?
 
Oborosen said:
Wow with that T-shirt, its a wonder you weren't rooting for him.

The left usually has a soft spot for those kinds of criminals.

Then again it was address that he didn't reveal any unreleased information and I don't even recall an issue with someone releasing the mans picture.
But this is the same system that routinely harassed him and his family, so I'm not going to really take much of what they say as gospel.

You can, but you also apparently have a soft sport for authoritarian governments as well.
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You say the left usually has a soft spot for such criminals. Remind me again who invited this person who entered the US illegally to the US? Was it the Republicans by any chance? Oh, yes it was.
 
Peter King said:
You are clueless as always, the system is to ensure a fair trial to any suspect, as suspects are innocent until proven guilty.
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Some tried to appeal on the grounds that Robinson tainted their chance at a fair trial, and lost. So Britain's judicial system says that A) Robinson jeopardized the trials of the Huddersfield gang, and B) Robinson's behavior didn't effect the trials in a sufficient way that could have denied their rights. They're talking out of both sides of their mouths, and Tommy pays the price. They want him silenced or dead. Simple as that.
Not guilty until proven innocent. That that thug Lennon loves creating a lynching mood is bad enough, him interfering in the fair prosecution of suspects is unacceptable and he needs to be punished for it.
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Have you ever referred to the Pakistani rapists as 'thugs'?

And real Brits should indeed take the trash out, Lennon first one to be kicked out. Sadly Europe will not have him so maybe he can come and break the law in the US?
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Shame on you, advocating for deporting people born in England now. Do you also support deporting the child rapists, or just the men standing up for the victims?
 
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Manc Skipper said:
He doesn't write, He can barely read. He's not a journalist, he's a far right agitator with proven links to Russian Israeli and American dark money.

He's dictated a missive from prison.

Tommy Robinson – My Struggle – the prison diaries – Pin Prick
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Man, Tommy's a thuggish brute and all, but why you gotta post cringe like that? I swear, that satire's so heavy-handed, it kills puppies by petting them too hard. It's conservative-tier humor. Garbage. It's a single punchline repeated thirty times over. And on a personal note, I'm just the slightest bit triggered that it's categorized into both "satire" and "uncategorized."

And worst of all, there's at least (at least!) three more of them.
 
Oborosen said:
Okay, so aside from all of he unnecessary information you decided to throw on the thread. Why was it ignored that he was not breaking the law, by streaming outside and not actually releasing information that was not already cleared, seeing as he was only speaking of things that had already been made publically available.

Does that not spark you as a bit problematic, when a standard that was not set. Gets just placed because someone decided that it should be.
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He claims it was already publicly known, but guess what, the judges threw that pathetic excuse of Lennon out because they knew he was lying.

The loser broke the law and now is punished for it. And the standard was set out by the court, Lennon broke those rules and again, was found guilty of contempt and as he already has a suspended sentence on his record for the same offense, he could hardly say he did not know he was breaking the law, again.
 
After watching his Oxford presentation where he talked about where he grew up and seeing the decline of his neighborhood, I had a bit of sympathy for him, but when he kept proving that he was too stupid to stay on the right side of the law, I stopped caring.

Dude was told VERY SPECIFICALLY that he could not do what he was trying to do - and then did it anyway. His heart might be in the right place, but he's not helping anyone by being an obnoxious prick and breaking the law intentionally.
 
Oborosen said:
Defined as in, what did he actually do.

He released no new information that was not already publically available and he did not record, or live stream the trial.

So how did he break the law?
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He knew there were reporting restrictions - why else would he say as he videoed outside the court “There is a reporting restriction on this case … I have to be super careful...”

He also confronts the suspects outside the court, filming himself doing so on a Facebook live stream. I am reasonably satisfied by Rogue Valley's post that such actions would also constitute interference and contempt in the USA.

I'm not sure why this is a problem for you to understand?
 
truthatallcost said:
~.................................Do you also support deporting the child rapists, or just the men standing up for the victims? .
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Like you, Yaxley-Lennon is not standing up for any victims, he's standing for pushing his neo-Nazi White Supremacist agenda.

And like you he's failing completely where the general public is concerned.

Simply because majority wisdom unveils liars very quickly for what they are.
 
truthatallcost said:
Some tried to appeal on the grounds that Robinson tainted their chance at a fair trial, and lost. So Britain's judicial system says that A) Robinson jeopardized the trials of the Huddersfield gang, and B) Robinson's behavior didn't effect the trials in a sufficient way that could have denied their rights. They're talking out of both sides of their mouths, and Tommy pays the price. They want him silenced or dead. Simple as that.
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And? More judicial proceedings were needed because of that idiot Yaxley-Lennon. And the only price Lennon pays is a legal one for BREAKING the law. Pure and simple and I have no problem with him being sent down for his breaking of the law. He can speak as much as he wants, but if a court of law says to shut up during the trial, everybody has to obey that decision, even the hallowed criminal thug Yaxley-Lennon.


truthatallcost said:
Have you ever referred to the Pakistani rapists as 'thugs'?
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Nope, because they are not thugs they are (if found guilty) scum/worse than animals. Thug is often used for people who are soccer hooligans or those like them. And guess what, that is what I described.

truthatallcost said:
Shame on you, advocating for deporting people born in England now. Do you also support deporting the child rapists, or just the men standing up for the victims?
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:lamo Lennon standing up for the victims? :lamo

Sorry, but you do crack me up with your ridiculous comments about Lennon. Also, you talked about taking out the trash, and Lennon is trash.
 
Chagos said:
~ Simply because majority wisdom unveils liars very quickly for what they are.
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Robinson stood for the EU elections up here in the North West and got zilch. He just has a very small fringe bunch of lunatics here and in the US who support him - and they are pretty good at physical attacks on journalists reporting the case.
 
truthatallcost said:
Sending Robinson into shark infested waters in prison for the crime of giving the British public a glimpse of serial rapist's faces is apparently not compromising a journalist's safety. The irony meter has exploded from overuse, as Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright announced the UK will establish a National Committee for the Safety of Journalists! Try not to laugh at the absolute ridiculousness of the Culture Sec's announcement, as Julian Assange languishes in a prison cell, and Tommy Robinson will now spend several months trying not to be murdered by Muslims in a British prison!

UK to establish national committee on journalist safety
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Also, Yaxley-Lennon is not a journalist, he is a right wing extremist islamophobic agitator. And they get into trouble because they are stupid morons. And let us be honest Yaxley-Lennon is one of the stupidest if he gets a slap on the wrist for his first punishable offense of contempt of court and then does exactly the same thing he was already on probation for. That is so stupid that it is a miracle Yaxley-Lennon can put one foot for the other.
 
nekrodev said:
After watching his Oxford presentation where he talked about where he grew up and seeing the decline of his neighborhood, I had a bit of sympathy for him, but when he kept proving that he was too stupid to stay on the right side of the law, I stopped caring.

Dude was told VERY SPECIFICALLY that he could not do what he was trying to do - and then did it anyway. His heart might be in the right place, but he's not helping anyone by being an obnoxious prick and breaking the law intentionally.
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His heart isn't simply in the right place, it's in the way to the right place where Nazis have it.
 
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