Tommy Robinson is fearful there is a 'price on his head' in prison after he was jailed for 13 months for breaking contempt laws when he filmed a Facebook live video outside a court.

Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, was held after he live-streamed himself speaking on the steps of Leeds Crown Court last Friday.

The hour-long film, which has been watched more than 250,000 times, shows the extraordinary moment that the 35-year-old was arrested by police.

The English Defence League founder was then taken before a judge who jailed him for 13 months after he pleaded guilty to contempt of court and breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for a similar offence.

Robinson's lawyer Matthew Harding claimed the far-right leader had been the victim of assaults while serving time in prison before and there had been 'a price on his head' with inmates being offered the reward of drugs and mobile phones to kill him.

Tommy Robinson streamed an hour-long Facebook Live outside Leeds Crown Court and was later arrested on Friday (pictured)

Judge: If the jurors saw Robinson's video I would be asked to discharge them Robinson was live outside Leeds Crown Court while jurors were in the process of considering verdicts in a trial The judge who jailed Tommy Robinson told him his Facebook Live could have collapsed a six-week trial if the jurors saw it. Mr Justice Marson QC said that Robinson had failed in his 'responsibility to exercise freedom of speech within the law'. Within five hours of his arrest Robinson was jailed for 13 months after pleading guilty to contempt in relation to an ongoing trial. He also admitted breaching the terms of a suspended sentence he was handed in Canterbury last May for a similar offence. Mr Justice Marson QC 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. 'If the jurors in my present trial get to know of this video I will no doubt be faced with an application to discharge the jury. If I have to do that it will mean a re-trial, costing hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds.' Advertisement

MailOnline has been able to report his prison sentence for the first time today after an order banning any publication of his case was lifted.

The original order that banned reporting of Robinson's arrest and charge was put in place on Friday, to avoid any risk of prejudicing the jury until the conclusion of the separate trial being held at Leeds Crown Court.

However, after representations from the local press today asking the judge to allow his court case and sentencing to be made public, the order was lifted.

But a strict order remains in place to prevent any reporting on the case Robinson was protesting about where jurors were in the process of considering verdicts.

Robinson's sentencing comes after supporters headed to Whitehall on Saturday to stage a protest, waving'#FreeTommy' and 'Free the truth teller' placards.

Others branded St George's flags and banners with 'Make Britain Great Again' on them, with some even mounting the gates surrounding Downing Street.

Extraordinary footage shows Robinson being arrested during his Facebook Live broadcast, which was shown to the judge.

The officers ask him to give them his phone and the right-wing activist says: 'What for?' He is then told: 'For breach of the peace.

His supporters exclaim: 'Are you arresting him?' and as he is led away he shouts: 'Can you get me a solicitor? I'm on a suspended sentence, you see.'

Before he is put in a police van an officer reads him his rights and repeats: 'You are being arrested on suspicion of causing a breach of the peace'.

He was then was held in the court cells before being taken up to the courtroom to face the trial judge where he pleaded guilty to contempt of court and breach of a suspended sentence.

Robinson was arrested, charged and sentenced within five hours at Leeds Crown Court where he admitted contempt of court and breaching the terms of his suspended sentence for a similar offence

Judge Geoffrey Marson QC told Robinson that his actions may cause the retrial of a long-running trial, costing taxpayers 'hundreds of thousands of pounds'.

Mr Harding, defending, said his client felt 'deep regret' after realising the potential consequences of his actions.

He said Robinson 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.'

But Judge Geoffrey Marson QC 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.

'If the jurors in my present trial get to know of this video I will no doubt be faced with an application to discharge the jury.

'If I have to do that it will mean a re-trial, costing hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds.'

#FreeTommy signs were waved by protesters who called for the EDL founder's release on Whitehall on Saturday

Supporters were pictured climbing the gates that block off Downing Street but there were no arrests

Supporters of Tommy Robinson protest outside Downing Street in London over the weekend

What a judge told Robinson after he was found in contempt of court last year Tommy Robinson was given 10 months in jail for contempt of court, and a further three months for beaching a previous suspended sentence. It is the second time he has committed the offence after previously being told he was on a 'knife edge' when he was sentenced last May for trying to film four men accused of gang-raping a girl who were standing trial at Canterbury Crown Court that May. At the time, Judge Heather Norton said: 'This contempt hearing is not about free speech. This is not about the freedom of the press. 'This is not about legitimate journalism, this is not about political correctness, this is not about whether one political viewpoint is right or another. It is about justice and it is about ensuring that a trial can be carried out justly and fairly. 'It is about ensuring that a jury are not in any way inhibited from carrying out their important function. 'It is about being innocent until proven guilty. It is not about people prejudging a situation and going round to that court and publishing material, whether in print or online, referring to defendants as 'Muslim paedophile rapists'. 'A legitimate journalist would not be able to do that and under the strict liability rule there would be no defence to publication in those terms. 'It is pejorative language which prejudges the case, and it is language and reporting – if reporting indeed is what it is – that could have had the effect of substantially derailing the trial.' Advertisement

A re-trial would also mean witnesses in the case would have to face the ordeal of giving evidence again before a jury.

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

'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.'

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

The video footage was played to as Robinson sat in the dock.

The judge said: 'He referred to the charges that the defendants faced and some charges which are not proceeded against in relation to some defendants.'

Robinson has a previous conviction for contempt of court.

He was the subject of a suspended prison sentence, imposed at Canterbury Crown Court, for committing a similar offence by filming inside a court.

Robinson has a criminal record dating back to 2005, when he was convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

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

Robinson, a married father-of-three, founded the English Defence League in Luton in 2009 before resigning in 2013.

The organisation was responsible for violent marches on the streets where members clashed with police and counter-demonstrators.

Robinson's supporters hold a vocal demonstration in Westminster on Saturday

Some of his supporters branded St George's flags and banners with 'Make Britain Great Again'

A supporter of Robinson takes part in the protest outside Downing Street on Saturday