Tommy Robinson has lost his appeal against an 18-month prison sentence. The far right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed in October last year after admitting multiple breaches of a High Court order made in 2021, which barred him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel.

The 42-year-old appealed against his sentence on Friday, with the Court of Appeal told that his mental health, combined with his segregation in prison, is "making him ill" and is having a "demonstrable effect" on him. The Solicitor General opposed the appeal, with its barristers stating there are "no grounds for altering the sentence". In a ruling on Wednesday, Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, Lord Justice Edis and Lord Justice Warby dismissed the appeal.

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