UK far-right activist gets 9 months in prison for contempt

LONDON (AP) — A British judge has sentenced far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon to a total of nine months in prison for contempt of court.
He received six months for filming defendants in a criminal trial and broadcasting the footage on social media and three months for an earlier contempt finding.
Judge Victoria Sharp said in the Old Bailey courthouse that the prison term was necessary to “properly reflect the gravity of the conduct.”
Yaxley-Lennon, who uses the pseudonym