Tommy Robinson with throngs of supporters.
© Joel GoodmanTommy Robinson with throngs of supporters.
A demonstration in Leeds town center threatens to descend into chaos as hundreds of angry Tommy Robinson supporters turn out to protest the imprisonment of the ex-EDL leader. It is understood police have already made one arrest.

350 irate picketers gathered outside Leeds Crown Court, reportedly hurling bottles at police and turning on media present at the march. Reports indicate that a flare has been set off.

One member of the group was seen carrying a banner emblazoned with the slogan 'Stand with Tommy. Free Tommy now'. Another was spotted dressed as the Grim Reaper carrying a sign "free speech is dead" .

Reports indicate that the police presence is increasing by the minute as the crowd grows and becomes more rowdy. "Whose streets, our streets", "shame on you" and chants of "Tommy is a legend" are echoing throughout the town.

Members of the English Defence League (EDL), a far-right street protest movement which focuses on opposition to what it considers to be the spread of Islam, have lived streamed the protests. Police can be seen lining the streets and sirens can be heard wailing over the bellows of the crowd.

One EDL supporter can be heard on video saying "I think that is what the judge needs to hear", as protesters wailed "shame on you". Robinson's fans have spent the last few days on social media lashing out at Judge Geoffrey Marson QC, the man who sentenced the 'free speech advocate' to 13 months in jail for contempt. Marson has been called a "traitor", "pedophile" and some have demanded his address be made public.

Last week Robinson put a case - which includes 29 charges of child sex and neglect - at risk of a mistrial by live streaming within earshot of jurors as they entered the court. He was sentenced to 13 months jail; ten months for contempt of court and an extra three months for disregarding the terms of his suspended sentence.