Tommy Robinson, the far-Right activist, has been released from prison after serving a jail term for the civil offence of contempt of court.
The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, left HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes on Tuesday after his 18-month sentence was reduced by four months at the High Court last week.
He was filmed speaking on his X social media channel for around 20 minutes. He had longer hair than previously, and a bushy beard, and was wearing a rosary around his neck.
Robinson said that he would organise a free speech festival in London for supporters later in the year.
He was jailed in October after admitting multiple breaches of an injunction made in 2021, which barred him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee schoolboy who had successfully sued him for libel.
Robinson wore a Donald Trump-style Mega (Make England Great Again) red cap as he was greeted by supporters at the jail gates – X/TRobinsonNewEra
Silenced, Robinson’s film about the case, was pinned to the top of his profile on X throughout his imprisonment, but has now been taken down.
He is currently facing two further, separate court cases, and is due to appear at Westminster magistrates’ court on June 5 accused of harassing two journalists.
Robinson is charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence between August 5 and 7 2024.
He is also facing a separate trial in October next year over an accusation that he failed to provide the Pin for his mobile phone when stopped by Kent Police in Folkestone in July 2024.
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