Tommy
Robinson Arrested Outside UK Court, Jailed For 13 Months As Judge
Orders Orwellian Media Blackout
26 May, 2018
UK
activist and English Defence Leage founder Tommy Robinson was
arrested on Friday outside of Leeds Crown Court for reporting on
a pedophile grooming trial. Within
six hours of his arrest, Robinson was handed a 13
month prison term for
violating a prior suspended sentence for a similar offense, while
media outlets were banned from covering the incident by the court
- with several removing reports which had already been
published.
Footage
shows Robinson, 35, being arrested while livestreaming to his
Facebook page outside the courthouse. He can be heard shouting to a
friend "Please,
George, get me a solicitor, I’m on a suspended sentence, you see."
“A
big police van with about seven police officers pulled up and
arrested [Robinson] and told him to stop live streaming,”
Robinson’s producer told RT
(before their
article (archived) was
scrubbed from the internet). “They said it was incitement and a
breach of the peace.
“No
peace has been breached – there were two other people there and
he’s been perfectly quiet talking into his phone. [The police] said
nothing about the court proceedings. It’s very strange.”
Disturbingly,
the judge who sentenced Robinson, Geoffrey Marson QC, ordered
an Orwellian media
blackout -
which resulted in several
publications deleting their articles from the web covering
Robinson's arrest.
The most terrifying video you’ll see today. pscp.tv/w/bdhDrzE0MDc0…
It has been made clear to us if we put any more information out than we have that we ourselves face a very real risk of arrest. So thank you to everyone standing up for the truth and for freedom of the press at this moment. Thank you, thank you.
I won't stop. Here's the gag order & here's the judge smiling as Tommy is about toget arrested with one of the officers involved #freeTommy pic.twitter.com/iKjtT6Amwe
Media delete articles on Tommy Robinson arrest in the UK after judge orders reporting ban. twitter.com/nickmon1112/st…
Robinson
was admonished
last year by
Judge Heather Norton for filming outside a gang rape case in
Canterbury, who slapped him with a three month suspended sentence on
the condition that he cease his coverage of the trials.
you should be under no illusions that if you commit any further offence of any kind, and that would include, I would have thought a further contempt of court by similar actions, then that sentence of three months would be activated -Judge Heather Norton
“This
is not about free speech, not about the freedom of the press, nor
about legitimate journalism, and not about political correctness,”
the judge told Robinson at the time.
#FreeTommy
In
response to Robinson's arrest, a large group of protesters gathered
outside Downing Street - while the hashtag #FreeTommy has been
used to coordinate a response, express outrage and share information
about the situation.
I have been handed this update on the Tommy Robinson situation. It includes a point of contact if you wish to send your support. pic.twitter.com/2mbVy6IjMt
A crowd of #FreeTommy protesters have gathered in support of Tommy Robinson.
This video comes via @VervimaMedia pic.twitter.com/P7a6fmBRTd
Robinson's
arrest has also sparked a free speech debate over social media, with
supporters and detractors alike standing up for the controversial
activist's right (or lack thereof) to express his opinion.
Tommy Robinson has just been sentenced to jail for 13 months. There is a UK reporting ban. No one there is allowed to talk about it. #FreeTommy
I don’t agree with everything he says, but being arrested for filming a news story outside a courthouse, and imprisoned within 6 hours sounds dystopian #FreeTommy
Today Judge Geoffrey Marson QC sentenced a man who may not be named to death in a secret trial that may not be reported on for an offence that may not be mentioned although it is suspected to be for exposing the extent of child abuse and grooming gangs in Britain. #tommyrobinson
A
group of 29 defendants are being tried for historical sex
offences against children, split into three trials. Robinson was
arrested at the second trial, while the first is ongoing.
Meanwhile,
enraged Britons have been harassing the defendants as they make
their way to court in the ongoing trials.
Here
is the full list of defendants via The Sun.
First
Trial
Amere
Singh Dhaliwal,
34, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., is accused of 54 charges,
including 21 charges of rape and 14 charges of trafficking with a
view of sexual exploitation. Dhaliwal is accused of charges
against eleven different girls from 2004 to 2011.
Irfan
Ahmed,
32, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with nine offences
including making an indecent image of a child.
Zahid
Hassan,
28, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with 20 offences
including six charges of raping a girl aged 13 or under.
Mohammed
Kammer,
32, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with two offences
including rape of a girl under 15.
Mohammed
Aslam,
29, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with two offences
including rape of a girl under 15.
Abdul
Rehman,
30, from Sheffield, South Yorks., was charged with seven offences
including raping a girl under 15.
Raj
Singh Barsran,
32, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with three offences
including sexual touching of a girl over 13.
Nahman
Mohammed,
31 from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with three counts
including trafficking a person for sexual exploitation.
Zubair
Ahmed,
30, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with two offences
including raping a girl under the age 15.
Hamzha
Saleem,
37, from Old traddford, Gtr Mancs., was charged with three counts
including human trafficking.
Second
Trial (Robinson's arrest)
Mansoor
Akhtar,
25, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with three offences
including attempted rape of a girl under the age of 13.
Mohammed
Asaf Akram,
31, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with 14 offences
including four charges of raping a girl of thirteen or under and one
charge of threatening to kill.
Wiqas
Mahmud,
36 from Huddersfield, West Yorks.., was charged with three offences
of rape of a girl under 15.
Nasarat
Hussain,
28, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with five offences
including rape of a girl under 15.
Sajid
Hussain,
32, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with five offences
including rape of a girl under 15.
Mohammed
Irfraz,
28, from Huddersfield, West Yorks.., was charged with eight offences
including false imprisonment.
Faisal
Nadeem,
30 from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with three counts
including raping a woman 16 or over.
Mohammed
Azeem,
31, from Bradford, West Yorks., was charged with three offences
including rape of a girl under 15.
Zulquarnian
Dogar,
29, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with two offences
including sexual touching of a female aged 13 or over.
Manzoor
Hassan,
37, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with four offences
including inciting the sexual exploitation of a child aged between
13-17.
Third
trial set
to last for six weeks.
Niaz
Ahmed,
53, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with three offences
including sexual assault on a female.
Mohammed
Imran Ibrar,
32, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with four offences
including arranging the commission of a child sex offence.
Asif
Bashir,
32, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with five offences,
including three counts of raping a woman 16 or over.
Everton
la Bastide,
50, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with two offences
including sexual touching a girl of 13 or over.
Saqib
Raheel,
30, from Dudley was charged with two offences including trafficking
for sexual exploitation.
Usman
Khalid,
29, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with three offences
including assaulting a girl under 13.
Aleem
Javaid,
27, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with two offences
including supply of a class B drug.
Mrs
Naveeda Habib,
38, from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged on one count of
neglect of a child.
Mrs
Shahnaz Malik,
55 from Huddersfield, West Yorks., was charged with one count of
neglecting a chil
Arrested,
Tried, and Sentenced in UNDER ONE HOUR! Tommy Robinson of EDL
Before
he’s bundled into the police van, he says: ‘Someone laid their
hand and assaulted me outside court. ‘Other people have sworn at me
and threatened me about my mother and here I am being arrested for
saying nothing.’
Robinson
is already under a suspended sentence over contempt of court at a
gang rape trial in Canterbury last year.
People
or newspapers can be in ‘contempt of court’ when they create a
‘substantial risk’ of prejudicing on ongoing court case. It is a
criminal offence that can land people in jail.
In
under ONE
HOUR,
Robinson had been arrested, tried and sentenced . . . 13
Months in jail.
So
determined were the British to CONCEAL what they did, The UK
government attempted to silence any conversation about
his situation by issuing a
ban against the press covering the case.
Here is a copy:
go go Alex
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