Stephen Lennon given 12-week term suspended for 12 months for common assault and judge rejects asbo application
The leader of the far-right English Defence League has been given a suspended jail sentence after he assaulted one of the group's members at a rally. Stephen Lennon, 28, from Luton, was given a 12-week term, suspended for 12 months, at Preston magistrates court.
At a day-long trial, the court heard that Lennon launched a tirade against Alan McKee, 33, calling him a "degenerate mug", at a rally in Blackburn in April. McKee later confronted Lennon, whostepped forward and headbutted him.
McKee refused to give evidence against Lennon, but the court heard from two police officers who said they clearly saw the incident.
An attempt to prevent Lennon from organising or attending rallies outside Bedfordshire was rejected by the district judge Peter Ward at the sentencing hearing. The CPS and Lancashire constabulary jointly applied for an anti-social behaviour order against Lennon that would have effectively prevented him from involvement in the EDL. But Lennon's legal representatives said an asbo would be "disproportionate" and claimed the police were "desperate to stop him being involved with the EDL at all costs".
Outside the court, Lennon said: "This was an attempt to silence me and take away my democratic rights. I respect the judge for this decision. If the asbo had been imposed, it would have meant me going to jail. I would have broken it and broken it."
Lennon was warned he would be brought back before the courts if he committed another offence within 12 months. He will be required to perform 150 hours of unpaid work for the common assault conviction and pay £200 costs.
Thirteen arrests were made at the Blackburn rally, which cost £500,000 to police. The court heard that Lennon had been in charge of or assisted in the control of 70 such demonstrations nationwide.
Guardian
November 03, 2011
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He escapes jail again. How surprising.
Another soft-touch sentence for the special branch informant. It seems, he could shoot someone point blank with an Uzi and still only get a meaningless pat on the back.
This is bleedin' pathetic!
BREAKING NEWS: EDL WOMEN CHARGED WITH RACIST ATTACK: -
http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/news/article/2000/edl-women-are-accused-of-race-attack
Caxley-Lemon is useful to the powers that be as a police nark. All the EDLers who still believe he is the authentic article are seriously deluded.
Robinson is doing what his state handlers tell him to do.
He's been let off again. I wander what the rank and file think of this now.
No smoke without fire for Babylon Whisperers!
If and when Yaxley knows the EDL are on its last legs, it will ne time for Xayley Martyr Act Mark Two, lol-ficnin'-lol
He'll commit another offence to play twelve weeks (AKA three for good behaviour).
Whispering grass...
Informant self-important scumfuck.
End of.
FUCKING WELL COMPARE THIS TO THE ANTIFA PRISONERS LOCKED UP BETWEEN 12 AND 18 MONTHS FOR FIGHTING VIOLENT FASCISTS
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/11/487937.html
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM STINX
I'm not one for conspiracy theories usually but there is something deeply odd about this.
Still it's widened the split between the infidels and the edl.
Joseph Williamson posted on Halifax EDL's page for Muslims to be shot:
http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Yorkshire-EDL-Halifax-Division-Page/131097373588474
How come this neo-nazi scumbag is not arrested for poisting calls for racist murder on Facebook?
Joseph Williamson is actually really called JoshBD20 (from North Yorkshire)
http://en-gb.facebook.com/joshbd20
Don't Facebook do anything about calls to murder Asian people???
Indeed! Joseph (Josh) does call for Muslims to be killed, and this is on an Official EDL page )Halifax).
You can bet the cops and Facebook won't take any action against him.
Anyway, there's a good picture of the Nazi on there.
BD20's Keighley actually.
If Muslim extremists called for people to be killed on Facebook, they would receive knocks at their door from the police within the hour.
Not so EDL. Like Lennon, they can do as they please without suffering the consequences of criminal law.
All because the EDL are led by a sneaky police grass.
Caxley Lemon would be of no use in the slammer, which is why the judge was insructed to go easy on him. Likewise the failed CRASBO attempt.
The powers that be have him in a very compromising position which allows him to infiltrate all groups who attend demos, with the collusion of others caught by the pubics sucb as that fat Welsh prick who wrote bullshit books about being a hoolie.
the stool pigeon will shit on any of his followers who threaten his leadership (nwi) and the courts wouldnt hesitate to jail them.not that i like nwi.
Rest assured people - one day he'll be sacrificed by Special Branch when he's had outlived his usefulness as an informant
XL's operating of his league by passing on info about casual comrades.
Does he know it?
Whispering grass,
dont tell the trees,
cos the breeze dont need to know!
Try reporting it to the police.
I'm involved in a situation at the moment where I saw something online (facebook and bebo) that I thought was a genuine threat and a dangerous situation. The police took it seriously enough to investigate and somebody is currently on remand.
Obviously I cannot go into details as it's not been to court yet and I know I'm going to get the usual cries of grass ect but the police do take it seriously if you can provide them with the right info that they understand.
Don't phone 999, phone the local control room up and explain the situation and they should hopefully put you through to the right person.
Its not just him lads. Theres plenty of other snouts stuck in the pigs truff. Pressure is put on them that if they dont conform they will lose their liberty.
Ever wandered how and why the state allowed the e.d.l. to grow so big?
Its not rocket surgery.
Still find it hard to believe this josh, the leeds united hooligan (halifax edl) from keighley would get arrested for telling people to shoot Muslims.
Cos he's edl.
You're only a grass if you're on the same side and sell out your brothers in arms. The enemy (fash) are fair game!
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