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Tommy Robinson will face contempt of court proceedings for filming outside during a grooming trial last year.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC has decided it is in the public interest to bring proceedings against Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

The contempt of court case was referred to the Attorney late last year, by Nicholas Hilliard QC, the Recorder of London.

Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox said: "After carefully considering the details of this case, I have concluded there are strong grounds to bring fresh contempt of court proceedings against Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson).

"As proceedings are now under way, it would not be appropriate to comment further and I remind everyone that it is an offence to comment on live court cases."

Robinson will appear before a judge at the High Court in London on March 22.

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Robinson filmed himself outside Leeds Crown Court during an ongoing grooming trial in May last year.

The case was subject to reporting restrictions at the time.

He was arrested and contempt of court proceedings were brought against him for the filming which was broadcast live on Facebook.

He pleaded guilty to contempt that day and was given a jail sentence however a subsequent application to the Court of Appeal was successful and the conviction was quashed with Robinson released.

The case was then referred back to Nicholas Hilliard QC who in turn passed it on to the Attorney General.

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Robinson, 36, is a far-right activist who founded the English Defence League and was leader between 2009 and 2013.

He now serves a political advisor to UKIP leader Gerard Batten.