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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Callum Parke

Tommy Robinson should have sentence reduced as jail ‘making him ill’, court told

Tommy Robinson was jailed last year (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Tommy Robinson should have his 18-month prison sentence reduced as his segregation while in custody is having a “demonstrable effect” on his mental health and “making him ill”, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for the civil offence of contempt of court in October last year, after admitting 10 breaches of a High Court order made in 2021.

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