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		</div><p>Former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson is facing a fresh hearing over an allegation that he committed contempt of court by filming people in a criminal trial and broadcasting footage on social media.</p>
<p>The UK&#8217;s Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC has concluded it is in the public interest to bring proceedings against the far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.</p>
<p>The first hearing in the case is due to take place at the High Court in London on March 22.</p>
<p>Robinson was jailed for 13 months in May last year after he filmed people involved in a criminal trial and broadcast the footage on social media.</p>
<p>The footage, lasting around an hour, was watched 250,000 times within hours of being posted on Facebook.</p>
<p>It was filmed during the trial of four men who were later convicted of gang-raping a teenage girl.</p>
<p>But a contempt finding was quashed by the Court of Appeal in August and he was freed on bail pending new proceedings at the Old Bailey.</p>
<p>Recorder of London Nicholas Hilliard QC then referred the case to the Attorney General in October, after the judge received a statement from Robinson.</p>
<figure id="attachment_127467" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-127467" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EC855414-8264-4F08-A51F-A4FC320A5C26.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-127467" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EC855414-8264-4F08-A51F-A4FC320A5C26.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-127467" class="wp-caption-text">Demonstrations against Tommy Robinson outside the Royal Courts of Justice</figcaption></figure>
<p>The 35-year-old could be sent back to jail if he is again found in contempt.</p>
<p>Crowds of supporters gathered outside the Royal Courts of Justice and the Old Bailey for the previous hearings, and Robinson made an address at the October hearing.</p>
<p>A statement from the Attorney General’s office said Mr Cox had reached his decision based on an assessment of the evidence and whether it was in the “wider public interest”.</p>
<figure id="attachment_127469" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-127469" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A7DC9632-40E5-457B-8A2D-D8089D49E1A2.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-127469" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/A7DC9632-40E5-457B-8A2D-D8089D49E1A2.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="399" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-127469" class="wp-caption-text">Police get in between demonstrators outside court</figcaption></figure>
<p>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 (AKA Tommy Robinson).</p>
<p>“As proceedings are now under way, it would not be appropriate to comment further and I remind everyone that it is an offence to comment on live court cases.”</p>
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