The right-wing ringleader Tommy Robinson could face jail after screening a banned film to thousands of people at a “patriotic rally” in Trafalgar Square where two of his supporters were arrested. The film shows a bullying incident at Almondbury Community School where a Syrian refugee was assaulted in a playground, and was shown on Saturday despite a judge previously ruling that it constituted contempt of court. In July 2021, Robinson, 41, was ordered to pay £100,000 plus legal costs for libelling the 15-year-old refugee, and is likely to have broken an injunction with the latest screening. On Monday he is due to appear at the High Court on the same charges. If found guilty, he could face up to two years in prison. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #london #protest #tommyrobinson
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