EDL founder jailed after broadcast outside court

THE founder of the English Defence League (EDL) has been jailed for 13 months after broadcasting on Facebook outside a court case involving an alleged Asian grooming gang.

Stephen Yaxley-lennon, who also uses the name Tommy Robinson, was arrested on Friday outside Leeds Crown Court amid fears his hour-long live tirade could jeopardise a trial.

The far-right campaigner was jailed last week for 10 months for contempt of court and a further three months for breaching the terms of a previous suspended prison sentence. He admitted the offences.

An order banning reporting that Yaxley-lennon, 35, from Bedford, had been jailed was lifted yesterday.