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Brit Activist Tommy Robinson Sentenced to Jail, Seeks US Asylum over 'Death Sentence'

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- A British judge has sentencedanti-Islamization activist

Tommy Robinson to a total of nine months

in prison for contempt of court.

He received six monthsfor filming defendants

in a criminal trial andbroadcasting the footage

on social media and three months

for an earlier contempt ruling.

Robinson, whose realname is Stephen Lennon,

was arrested and jailed last year

for live-streaming a broadcast outside

of a trial of men accusedin a Muslim rape gang trial.

Joining us now is CBN NewsEuropean correspondent

Dale Hurd who has some new information.

Dale?

- That's right, Charlene.

We've learned that he's been transferred

to the Belmarsh maximum-security prison.

This is interesting becausehis offense is a misdemeanor

and he's being sent to a prison

that the British media has reported is run

by jihadi terrorists.

This is causing an explosionof speculation on the internet

that the British governmentreally does want him dead.

We'll just have to see.

- British governmentwant Tommy Robinson dead?

- Yeah, this has long been a feeling.

He says his food waspoisoned the last time

he was in prison, thathe purposely went into

solitary confinement becausehe knew of plots to kill him.

This is a belief that hetold me in an interview that,

"I know I will be killed someday"

and they are afraid it'sgonna happen in prison,

the British prisons beingcontrolled by the jihadis.

I think at this moment though the British

government wants to keep him alive

because it's clear that ifsomething happens to him

all heck is gonna break loose in Britain.

- That was my next question.

What do you think will happenif he does die in prison?

- Well, I'm afraid to say, sad to say

that the judge in thiscase, Victoria Sharp,

will probably need police protection

for the rest of her life.

It could take the tension in Britain

to a whole new levelsimilar to Northern Ireland

where we see civil war and terrorism.

I'm not exaggerating.

This could ignite something really bad.

- [Charlene] That's crazy.

Why is it that Britain seems so polarized

over this one man, Dale?

- [Dale] I've thought he'sperhaps the closest thing

Britain has to Donald Trump.

He is so polarizing and theBritish government is obsessed

with what it calls socialcohesion that it has laws

that if you say somethingeven if it's true

and you're upsetting another group,

you can be charged witha set of social cohesion,

violating it, or upsettingthe social order.

I call it a social pipe bombthat the government's created.

Rather than addressing thegrievances from Islamization

and this multicultural experiment

that's gone very wrong,because Britain's full

of Sharia councils now,Muslim Sharia councils.

They passed these laws sayingyou can't talk about it

and this is only making the problem worse.

- Wow, certainly a prayerful situation.

We'll be praying for him.

Dale Hurd, thank you so much.

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