The EDL Leaders Convictions

EDL leader, Tommy Robinson, has been in trouble with the law many times.

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1. He has had a twelve months prison sentence for assaulting an off-duty police officer. He was convicted for assault for causing bodily harm and assault with intent to resist arrest while his partner was cautioned for possession of cocaine.
2. He was involved in a fight between supporters of Luton Town and Newport County in Luton, on the evening the two clubs played at Kenilworth Road. He played an part in starting a 100-man brawl. In July 2011, he was convicted of having used threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour on the night of the incident. He was given a 12-month community rehabilitation order and a three-year ban from attending football matches. He was also sentenced to 150 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay £650 in costs.
3. He was arrested after an EDL demonstration in Tower Hamlets for breach of bail conditions, as he had been banned from attending the demonstration. 
4. He has been convicted of common assault after headbutting an EDL member at a rally in Blackburn.
5. He was fined £3000 and jailed for three days for holding a protest on the rooftop of a FIFA building in Zurich.

Now this man will be made Deputy of the far-right British Freedom Party (BFP). Click here to read more about them.

Further reading:

1. EDL Criminals