Tommy Robinson loses appeal to have jail sentence shortened

The far-right activist, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon,  was jailed for 18 months last October after he admitted to breaching a court order by screening a documentary which contained libellous claims about a Syrian refugee schoolboy.

Last week, the 42-year-old had appealed against his sentence, telling judges that prison was 'making him ill' because of his mental health and segregation in HMP Woodhill.

Now, the appeal has been dismissed by Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, Lord Justice Edis and Lord Justice Warby.

Robinson's lawyer, Alisdair Williamson KC, had told the Court of Appeal that the far-right agitator had ADHD and ‘complex post-traumatic stress disorder’, which the sentencing judge was not fully aware of.

This is Robinson's second court defeat in just a matter of weeks. In March, his bid to bring a legal challenge against the government over his segregation in prison was thrown out of the High Court.

Robinson is scheduled to be released from custody on July 26.