His criminal record includes violence, financial and immigration frauds, drug possession, public order offences and contempt of court.

ASSAULT:

In 2005, Robinson was convicted of assaulting an off-duty police officer after he intervened to protect Robinson’s girlfriend from him. He was jailed for 12 months. In 2011, he was given a 12-week jail sentence – suspended for 12 months – for headbutting a man in Blackburn.

FALSE IDENTITY:

In 2012, Robinson was charged with using false travel documents after entering the US illegally by using a passport with the name Andrew McMaster. A judge told him at the time: ‘What you did went absolutely to the heart of the immigration controls that the US are entitled to have. It’s not in any sense trivial.’ Robinson was jailed for 10 months and released on electronic tag on February 22, 2013.

FRAUD:

In 2012, Robinson was charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by misrepresentation in relation to a mortgage application. He pleaded guilty to two charges and was sentenced to 18 months in jail.

CONTEMPT OF COURT:

In 2017, Robinson received a suspended sentence for putting a trial at Canterbury Crown Court at risk of collapse – after he broadcast statements from inside the court building. In 2018, he was jailed for a similar offence at Leeds Crown Court. However, he was released after successfully challenging the court’s sentencing procedure. In 2019, the attorney general decided that it was in the public interest to bring further proceedings against Robinson. On July 11, he was given a nine-month jail sentence.