Tory councillor gives bizarre excuse after wife jailed for horrific tweets during far-right riots
Lucy Connolly was jailed this week for inciting hatred in the wake of the Southport attacks, when she posted on X saying the hotels hosting asylum seekers should be "set fire" to
Johnson questions jail sentence for Tory councillor’s wife who posted racist tweet
Boris Johnson has suggested that a Conservative councillor’s wife who posted a “vile” tweet on the day of the Southport attacks should not have been jailed. Lucy Connolly, who is married to Raymond Connolly,
Tory councillor's wife Lucy Connolly jailed for 31 months for inciting race hatred during riots
Lucy Connolly, who is married to West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly, took to X, formerly Twitter, on July 29, writing: “Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the bastards for all I care… If that makes me racist, so be it.”
Tory politician's wife jailed for race hate post
The wife of a Conservative councillor has been jailed for 31 months after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire. Lucy Connolly, whose husband serves on West Northamptonshire Council, posted the expletive-ridden message on X on the day three girls were killed in Southport.
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Lucy Connolly sentenced at Birmingham crown court after pleading guilty to offence on day of Southport attacks
Childminder jailed for racial hatred to appeal 'political' sentence, says Tory councillor husband
Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly told a national newspaper that she plans to appeal against the sentence, which he believes was political. | ITV News Anglia
Jailed Tory councillor's wife who tweeted racial hatred 'to appeal sentence'
Lucy Connolly, who is married to West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly, said in an X post on July 29: "Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the b******* for all I
Wife of Tory councillor jailed for 31 months over social media post stirring up racial hatred
Lucy Connolly, a 41-year-old former childminder, later apologised for acting on "false and malicious" information after making online comments following the Southport stabbings.
Tory councillor's wife 'to appeal jail sentence' for horrific racial hatred post
Lucy Connolly said about migrants after the Southport stabbings: 'Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the b******* for all I care'.
Tory councillor's wife jailed over racial hatred tweet on day of Southport attacks
The wife of a Conservative councillor who used X [Twitter] to stir up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport attacks has been jailed for 31 months. Lucy Connolly, who is married to West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly,
Lucy Connolly’s tweet about asylum seekers was vile. But she shouldn’t be in prison
On July 29, in the hours following the killings of three little girls in Southport, a 41-year-old childminder from ...
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Andrew Doyle: Lucy Connolly's tweet was detestable - but we should all be worried about her prison sentence
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UK judge gives 31 months prison for hate speech, 0 months for child pornography
An English judge this week sentenced a woman who posted a hateful message on X to two years and seven months in prison. Lucy Connolly has no previous convictions. The same judge allowed a habitual ...
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UK Woman Jailed for Nearly Three Years for ‘Racist’ Anti-Migrant Social Media Comments
Lucy Connolly sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred following false claims about a Muslim asylum seeker being ...