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TOMMY IS OUT ON BAIL, APPEALS COURT SAW THE INJUSTICE
Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson is freed on bail as appeal court rules judge 'rushed' 13-month sentence for contempt by jailing him just five hours after his arrest for Facebook Live video outside trial
Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson has successfully appealed against his 13-month jail term for contempt
He was locked up in May after he filmed people involved in a criminal trial and broadcast it live on Facebook
His legal team argued that his court case was rushed and that his prison sentence was 'excessive'
Today Court of Appeal judges have freed him on bail but say his contempt case should be heard again
Judge who jailed him criticised for sending Robinson prison in 'muddled' hearing 5 hours after his arrest
Tommy Robinson was sensationally freed from jail today after judges ruled it was 'unfair' he was given 13 months in prison during a 'muddled' and 'rushed' court case held just five hours after his arrest.
The ex-EDL leader and far-right activist, 35, has been in prison for two months after filming defendants as they arrived for a criminal trial at Leeds Crown Court in May.
His protest was broadcast to 250,000 people watching on Facebook Live and even captured the moment police arrested him.
Today appeal judges ordered Robinson be released from Onley Prison near Rugby on bail and he will face a fresh contempt of court hearing at the Old Bailey in London 'as soon as possible'.
His case has sparked protests across the UK and a groundswell of support among the right in America, who claimed his incarceration violated freedom of speech.
President Trump's former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon led the calls for his release and called him a 'solid guy' and the 'backbone of this country' while in the UK last month.
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