Paul Golding, 36, was beaten up by two inmates at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent

The leader of far-Right group Britain First has been been attacked in prison just a week after he was jailed for abusing Muslims - leaving him with a broken nose.

Paul Golding, 36, was beaten up by two inmates at HMP Elmley on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.

Police are investigating the incident, which took place on Wednesday. The far-Right activist's nose was said to have been broken in the attack.

Mr Golding and his deputy Freya Fransen were jailed earlier this month after being convicted of religiously-aggravated harassment in Kent last year.

The 36-year-old has now been separated from other inmates at the category C prison by being moved to another unit.

Kent Police confirmed it was investigating a report of an assault at the prison between 4.15pm and 4.30pm on Wednesday.

The force said it did not confirm the identity of victims but added: 'The victim is alleged to have been punched by two other inmates, causing him to suffer minor facial injuries. Inquiries into the incident are ongoing.'

A Prison Service spokesman added: 'We do not comment on individual prisoners.'

This week, Facebook removed the official page of Britain First, along with those of party leader Golding and deputy Fransen.

The social network said it had taken action after they repeatedly broke the site's community standards on hate speech.

Facebook said they had continued to violate its rules despite issuing written final warnings over their conduct.

'Content posted on the Britain First Facebook page and the pages of party leaders Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen has repeatedly broken our Community Standards,' Facebook said.

'We recently gave the administrators of the pages a written final warning, and they have continued to post content that violates our Community Standards.

'As a result, in accordance with our policies, we have now removed the official Britain First Facebook page and the pages of the two leaders with immediate effect.

Police are reportedly investigating the incident, which took place on Wednesday, at HMP Elmley (pictured)

'We do not do this lightly, but they have repeatedly posted content designed to incite animosity and hatred against minority groups, which disqualifies the Pages from our service.'

Facebook confirmed the violating content included an image of the group's leaders with the caption 'Islamophobic and Proud' and multiple videos which Facebook said had been posted deliberately to incite hateful comments against Muslims.

The social network also confirmed that the group will not be allowed to set up an official Facebook page in the future.

Golding was found guilty of one charge of religiously-aggravated harassment and Fransen three counts of the same offence in relation to an incident in Kent.

Paul Golding (second right) and Jayda Fransen, leader and deputy leader of far-right group Britain First and supporters upon arrival at Folkestone Magistrates' Court last week

They were arrested last May as part of a probe into the distribution of leaflets and online videos posted during a trial at Canterbury Crown Court during the trial of three Muslim men and a teenager later jailed for raping a 16-year-old in a flat above a takeaway.

Restaurant owner Tamin Rahmani, 38, takeaway workers Shershah Muslimyar, 21, Raffiullah Hamid, 24 and a boy from Ashfield, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were later found guilty and jailed for a total of 49 years in prison for the crime.

On May 9 Fransen visited an address in Gwynn Road in Ramsgate, on the understanding Tamin Rahmani lived there.

Kelli Best, who lived there, told the court she heard banging, rattling of the door handle and recognised Fransen.

She said Fransen was making racist remarks directed to Tamin and it made her feel very anxious and her children were scared.

Following its suspension from Twitter in December, Mr Golding (right) said the group was looking for new social networks to join and urged supporters to follow

Judge Justin Barron said the duo's words and actions 'demonstrated hostility' towards Muslims and the faith of Islam.

Fransen shot into the international media spotlight last November when US president Donald Trump retweeted anti-Islamic posts from her Twitter page.

Golding and Fransen, of Penge, South East London, stood trial in January charged with three and four counts respectively of the hate crime.

The judge at Folkestone Magistrates' Court in Kent found Fransen guilty of three charges and Golding guilty of one - but dismissed the other counts against them.

He said: 'I have no doubt it was their joint intention to use the facts of the case (in Canterbury) for their own political ends. It was a campaign to draw attention to the race, religion and immigrant background of the defendants.'