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Tommy Robinson to be freed next week after contempt of court sentence reduced

Tommy Robinson is due to be released from prison within the next week after his 18-month contempt of court setence was reduced by four months at the High Court.

Robinson had been jailed for 18 months in October after admitting multiple breaches of a 2021 injunction which barred him from repeating allegations against Jamal Hijazi, a Syrian migrant who successfully sued him for libel.


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Lucy Connolly: Mother jailed for Southport tweet loses appeal for early release

A mother jailed for 31 months for a tweet posted in the wake of the Southport murders has failed in her attempt to be released early after the Court of Appeal refused to reduce her sentence.

Lucy Connolly, a former childminder and the wife of a Conservative councillor, was jailed in October after pleading guilty to a charge of inciting racial hatred.

Last week, the 42-year-old went to the Court of Appeal in an attempt to challenge the length of the original prison term.

h/t Patti Jo and NeoCon!

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