Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson to appeal against jail sentence

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The former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) is to appeal against his 13-month prison sentence.

Tommy Robinson, from Bedfordshire, admitted contempt of court after filming outside Leeds Crown Court during a trial in May.

A judge told him his actions could have caused the ongoing trial to be re-run.

The 35-year-old will attempt to have his sentence cut at the Court of Appeal in London later this month.

It was the second time Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, had been found guilty of contempt.

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