Tommy Robinson is in solitary confinement and living in the same cell that once house Lee Rigby's killer Michael Adebolajo, it has been revealed.

The 36-year-old English Defence League founder is currently serving time at maximum security prison Belmarsh in Woolwich, London after he was found to have committed contempt of court at the end of a two-day hearing at the Old Bailey in July.

He was told during his trial that the time he previously spent behind bars for confronting members of an Asian sex gang during their trial in Leeds in May 2018 would be taken into account, reducing his sentence to 19 weeks - of which he will serve half before his release.

Belmarsh is a Category A prison and houses a number of convicted terrorists, or people convicted of terror related offences. But also holds people convicted of other serious crimes such as the black-cab rapist John Worboys.

The 36-year-old English Defence League founder (pictured, arriving for his sentencing at the Old Bailey) is currently serving time at maximum security prison Belmarsh in Woolwich, London after he was found to have committed contempt of court at the end of a two-day hearing at the Old Bailey in July

It has now emerged that Robinson is staying in the same cell that once housed Michael Adebolajo (left in a mugshot, immediately right after the attack) - who brutally hacked off-duty soldier Lee Rigby to death in South-East London in 2013

Belmarsh is a Category A prison and houses a number of convicted terrorists, or people convicted of terror related offences (Belmarsh is pictured). But also holds people convicted of other serious crimes such as the black-cab rapist John Worboys

It has now emerged that Robinson is staying in the same cell that once housed Michael Adebolajo - who brutally hacked off-duty soldier Lee Rigby to death in South-East London in 2013.

Breitbart News reports that Robinson is confined to his cell from 11am every day, and only let out of solitary confinement for an hour every morning which he spends 'trudging around a grim prison yard'.

He is also allowed another hour in the cell next door to his where he can use an exercise bike. And on occasion he is permitted to visit the prison gym.

The arrangement, it is claimed, is for his own safety. There are concerns he may be targeted by other inmates at the prison should he be let out. His window is also kept closed, after excrement was reportedly thrown through it.

His current stint marks the second time he's found himself in prison for contempt of court. He was jailed for 13 months after he filmed defendants during the trial of the sexual exploitation of girls at Leeds Crown Court Trial in 2018.

Soldier Lee Rigby who was killed by Michael Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo in 2013

He eventually got out on appeal, and after his release said he'd been the victim of a 'kangaroo court' and complained he had lost 'nearly 40lb' in prison after living on a diet of one tin of tuna and a piece of fruit a day.

Ezra Levant, the editor of far-right publication Rebel Media, has also visited Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon, in prison.

The Canadian media mogul claimed Robinson is being kept in a High Security Unit - accommodation which is usually reserved for 'Islamists' or high-profile murderers.

He told the publication: 'He’s isolated from all other prisoners, he has no contact.

'It’s solitary confinement in that he’s not allowed to see any other prisoners, but it’s not like in HMP Onley… here, he’s allowed half an hour on the exercise bike, the prison governor himself visits once a day, he has a medical once a day, he’s not being starved.'

And indeed, it was also reported by Breitbart News that Robinson is looking 'much healthier' as he comes towards the end of his stint at Belmarsh.

When he was found guilty of contempt of court in July, it was said he 'incited vigilante action' against an Asian sex gang and was a threat to their 'fair trial' by making an hour-long video watched by 3.4million people in 24 hours, according to High Court judges.

Tommy Robinson streamed an hour-long Facebook Live an Asian sex gang trial outside Leeds Crown Court in May last year, which also captured the moment he was arrested (left). He is pictured right outside the Old Bailey in London after being found in contempt of court by High Court judges

Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Warby found Robinson was in contempt in three respects when he filmed men accused of the sexual exploitation of young girls and live-streamed the footage, in breach of a reporting ban, in May 2018.

Giving reasons for the decision, Dame Victoria said that, while Robinson claimed his intention was to 'denounce the media' for their behaviour towards him and others, the words he used in the video would have been understood by viewers as 'an incitement' to harass the defendants.

Michael Adebolajo, whose cell he Robinson is now reported to occupy, is currently serving life behind bars in high-security HMP Woodhill, outside Milton Keynes.

He and Michael Adebowale were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life terms. Adebowale must serve at least 45 years before he is eligible for release. Adebolajo is unlikely ever to be freed.

Last year he was reported to have expressed his remorse over the killing to fellow inmates and prison staff. He is even said to have admitted he 'misinterpreted' the Quran having cited the Islam's holy book moments after the attack.