Conspiracy theorist’s company funded Tommy Robinson film
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The film that earned Tommy Robinson an 18-month prison sentence was funded by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, it has emerged.
Robinson, 41, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was sentenced on Monday for committing contempt of court 10 times by repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee.
Four of those counts related to the publication and distribution of his film Silenced, which was first released in June last year.
Mr Jones is an American radio show host who is best-known for falsely claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, in which 20 children and six adults were killed, was staged.
Woolwich Crown Court was told on Monday that Silenced included false allegations against Jamal Hijazi, who had previously successfully sued Robinson for libel and won an injunction barring him from repeating the claims.
Sasha Wass KC, representing Robinson, said the one-hour 45-minute film was “effectively commissioned” by Mr Jones’s InfoWars.
She told the court that the company had funded the project’s costs and provided it with equipment used in producing the film.
Ms Wass added that although Robinson, 41, was the “driving force” behind the film and its content, it “actually belonged to others”.
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