By: Eastern Eye Staff
HUNDREDS of supporters of British far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson brought a London street to a close on Thursday (27) protesting his contempt of court case, which was later adjourned. Around 50 counter-demonstrators chanted “Nazi scum, off our streets”, as Robinson, who founded and later left the anti-Islam English Defence League (EDL), arrived at court for a hearing. He is facing a retrial after an appeals judge last month quashed a contempt of court conviction – for a breach of reporting restrictions around a trial – and ordered his release from prison. Nicholas Hilliard, the judge now assigned to the case,…
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