Hawzah News Agency (Leeds, UK) - Previous finding of contempt was quashed after Robinson had served two months in jail.

Tommy Robinson will appear in court to face an allegation that he committed contempt of court by filming defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting footage on social media.

The former English Defence League (EDL) leader served two months in jail before being freed after a previous finding of contempt was overturned by the court of appeal in August 2018.

Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Warby gave permission for fresh proceedings to be brought against him at a hearing in May. On Thursday and Friday at the Old Bailey the high court judges will hear the new application by the attorney general, Geoffrey Cox QC, to commit Robinson to prison.

Robinson, 36, from Luton, Bedfordshire, could be sent back to jail if he is again found in contempt. The offence carries a maximum sentence of two years.

He was jailed for 13 months in May 2018 after he filmed people involved in a criminal trial at Leeds crown court and broadcast the footage on social media. The sentence included three months for a contempt at Canterbury crown court in May 2017, which was suspended at the time.

After the court of appeal quashed the finding of contempt made in Leeds, the case was referred back to the attorney general, who announced in March that it was in the public interest to bring fresh proceedings against Robinson.