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Tommy Robinson loses Court of Appeal challenge against prison sentence

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Tommy Robinson was jailed for 18 months in October last year for contempt of court.

Far-right activist was told his sentence would be shortened by four months if he "purged" the contempt by removing the claims from social media accounts.

He unpinned a film called Silenced , containing the libellous allegations, from the top of his profile on X shortly before a Court of Appeal hearing challenging the sentence last week .

Judges Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr , Lord Justice Edis and Lord Justice Warby dismissed the appeal.