Robinson said other prisoners threw excrement and spat through cell window
Tommy Robinson has compared his spell in prison to Guantanamo Bay and claimed he survived on a diet of one tin of tuna and a piece of fruit a day during an appearance on Fox News in the US. Robinson was on talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight in the US on Thursday to discuss his release from prison.
He was released from HMP Onley in Rugby on Wednesday after three leading judges in London quashed a contempt finding made at Leeds Crown Court in May. Robinson was jailed for 13 months for contempt of court after a Facebook Live protest outside a Leeds Crown Court Trial.
The judge determined that Robinson's broadcasting of a video online breached a court order which postponed any reporting of a trial until the conclusion of another, linked, trial. He was previously given a suspended sentence for contempt at Canterbury Crown Court, when a judge told him it was likely he would go to prison if he engaged in similar conduct in future. At the appeal Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett, said the judge at Leeds Crown Court was wrong to deal with Robinson as quickly as he did.
Robinson has been freed on bail and will face a fresh hearing. Read More
