In May, Tommy Robinson was jailed over comments which had the potential to cause a retrial at Leeds Crown Court - and we can now reveal the details of the case he was protesting about.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, streamed an hour-long Facebook Live outside the court in May and within hours it had been watched more than 250,000 times.

A judge who locked the far right activist up for 13 months for contempt of court told him his actions could have caused a long-running trial to be retried which would cost taxpayers 'hundreds and hundreds of thousands of pounds'.

A court order was put in place temporarily banning any reporting on Robinson's arrest and sentencing hearing, but LeedsLive challenged the order and were able to report it a few days later.

Now we can reveal the long-running trial he could have put in jeopardy involved a Huddersfield groming gang who were jailed on October 19 for more than 200 years for the grooming and sexual abuse of young children.

The abuse of the vulnerable, isolated and underage girls - the youngest of whom was 11 or 12 - was described by a judge as 'top of the scale'.

A total of 20 men, ranging in age from 27 to 54, were convicted as part of Operation Tendersea during three trials at Leeds Crown Court throughout 2018 making it the worst scandal to ever hit Huddersfield.

They were found guilty of child sex offences including rape, inciting child prostitution and abduction of a child.

A court order had been in place temporarily banning any reporting of the trials until now.

On May 25, 35-year-old Yaxley-Lennon was arrested on suspicion of a breach of the peace and was held in the court cells before being taken up to the courtroom to face the trial judge.

In a rare move, he was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours.

The video footage was played to Judge Geoffrey Marson QC as Robinson sat in the dock.

Yaxey-Lennon was later freed on appeal and will face a fresh contempt of court hearing at the Old Bailey in London on October 23.

Yaxley-Lennon gives incorrect address in court Leeds Crown Court has advised the media that the address given by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon during his hearing on Friday May 25 was an old address. His current address - which we would publish as part of the court report - was not given to the court. We have chosen to remove the incorrect address with the current occupants of that property in mind. To be clear, it is the responsibility of the defendant - in this case Mr Yaxley-Lennon - to ensure information given in a court hearing is accurate. The media can only report the address given in open court and we have been informed that we were not at fault.

Robinson, whose criminal record dates back to 2005, has a previous conviction for contempt of court.

He was the subject of a suspended prison sentence, imposed at Canterbury Crown Court, after he filmed in court.

He also has convictions for disobeying a court order, possessing identity documents with intent, fraud, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possessing drugs and threatening behaviour.

In May he was found in contempt of court and in breach of a suspended sentence.

Matthew Harding, mitigating, said his client felt "deep regret" after realising the potential consequences of his actions.

He said Robinson was aware of the reporting restriction in place in the case but thought what he was saying on camera was already in the public domain.

The barrister added: "He was mindful, having spoken to others and taken advice, not to say things that he thought would actually prejudice these proceedings.

"He did not try to cause difficulties for the court process."

Mr Harding said Robinson had been the victim of assaults while serving time in prison before and there had been "a price on his head" during his last prison term with inmates being offered the reward of drugs and mobile phones to kill him.

But the judge said: “No one could possibly conclude that it would be anything other than highly prejudicial to the defendants in the trial.

“I respect everyone’s right to free speech. That’s one of the most important rights that we have.

“With those rights come responsibilities. The responsibility to exercise that freedom of speech within the law.

“I am not sure you appreciate the potential consequence of what you have done."

The judge added: “You have to understand we are not preventing publication. We are postponing publication to ensure that the trial is fair.

“When people are convicted and given long sentences, it is on a proper basis and not a conviction that can be overturned.

“It is a serious feature that you were encouraging others to share what you were streaming live on social media.”

Jailing the married father-of-three, the judge said: “People have to understand that if they breach court orders there will be very real consequences.”

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