A judge has sentenced the founder of the far-right English Defense League to a year and a half in prison for contempt of court for violating an order barring him from repeating libelous allegations against a Syrian refugee. Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, admitted he violated the order on several occasions while giving interviews broadcast on YouTube and in a documentary he broadcast during a rally in London in July that was viewed more than 44 million times online. Robinson, 41, who founded the nationalist and anti-Islamist EDL, is one of the most influential far-right figures in Britain.
