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'''Illegal actions by judge?'''
Could you explain why the judge acted 'Illegally'?
Robinson was arrested for causing a breach of the peace while he was filming and broadcasting within the precincts of a court during a trial...actions which are illegal in the UK. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 months for contempt of court. A further 3 months were added on account of a previously suspended sentence. During this original court case in 2017 Robinson had been specifically warned by the judge that if he repeated his illegal actions of filming and making defamatory remarks about defendants while their trials were in progress, his sentence would be implemented and he would be gaoled - he did and he was.
The judge who sentenced him in May 2018 put an order banning media reporting because he believed that any such reporting would potentially prejudice the trial then in progress, a trial that Robinson’s actions had threatened to abort.
One may not like or agree with this judge’s actions, but they were perfectly legal within UK law. In the UK, judges take a very dim view of the actions which could prejudice the rights of defendants to receive fair trials. Robinson was fully aware of the risks he was taking when he broke the law; he did the crime, pleaded guilty and is now doing the time.
Full details of the legal basis behind the various judgements are here: http://obiterj.blogspot.com/2018/06/contempt-of-court-tommy-robinson.html?m=1
[[User:NicosB|NicosB]] ([[User talk:NicosB|talk]]) 04:28, 18 June 2018 (EDT)
Could you explain why the judge acted 'Illegally'?
Robinson was arrested for causing a breach of the peace while he was filming and broadcasting within the precincts of a court during a trial...actions which are illegal in the UK. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 months for contempt of court. A further 3 months were added on account of a previously suspended sentence. During this original court case in 2017 Robinson had been specifically warned by the judge that if he repeated his illegal actions of filming and making defamatory remarks about defendants while their trials were in progress, his sentence would be implemented and he would be gaoled - he did and he was.
The judge who sentenced him in May 2018 put an order banning media reporting because he believed that any such reporting would potentially prejudice the trial then in progress, a trial that Robinson’s actions had threatened to abort.
One may not like or agree with this judge’s actions, but they were perfectly legal within UK law. In the UK, judges take a very dim view of the actions which could prejudice the rights of defendants to receive fair trials. Robinson was fully aware of the risks he was taking when he broke the law; he did the crime, pleaded guilty and is now doing the time.
Full details of the legal basis behind the various judgements are here: http://obiterj.blogspot.com/2018/06/contempt-of-court-tommy-robinson.html?m=1
[[User:NicosB|NicosB]] ([[User talk:NicosB|talk]]) 04:28, 18 June 2018 (EDT)