EXCLUSIVE: Tommy Robinson To Tell Court His Prosecution Is For ‘Who I Am Not What I Did’by Reece Coombes · Published 10:29 pm, October 22, 2018 · Updated 10:32 pm, October 22, 2018
Tommy Robinson is expected to tell the court during his trial tomorrow that he is being prosecuted for “who I am rather than what I did”, Kipper Central can exclusively reveal.
Robinson, who was jailed earlier this year for allegedly breaching contempt of court laws by reporting on the trial of a predominantly Pakistani rape gang in Huddersfield, will face retrial tomorrow and could face up to two years behind bars if he is found guilty.
In his statement, seen in advance by Kipper Central, Robinson plans to tell the court that he is being persecuted for his political beliefs, not because of any alleged crimes.
He is expected to say: “It is clear to me that my continued prosecution and heavy-handed tactics from the state is because of ‘who I am’ rather than ‘what I did’.”
Tommy is also expected to give evidence that a number of other journalists also reported on the same trial, but did not face prosecution despite committing the same crime, further adding to his case.
He plans to say: “When I was informed of the blanket order, I offered to delete my video immediately.
“Despite the multiple breaches of the order by different newspapers that weekend and the flat refusal of Lizzie Dearden to take her article down, not one of those journalists or the editors of those publications, were ever arrested or prosecuted for s.4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act.”
If Robinson is locked up tomorrow, it will mark the first known case of a journalist being imprisoned under contempt of court legislation in over 60 years (with the exception of Tommy’s last imprisonment), despite a number of convictions against journalists under the laws.
A pre-recorded video of Tommy reading his statement will be livestreamed to his Facebook page in real-time as he reads it out in court for the world to see.
...more at linkhttps://kippercentral.com/2018/10/22/ex ... hat-i-did/