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
Tory councillor’s wife jailed over racial hatred tweet ‘to appeal over sentence’
The wife of a Conservative councillor who was jailed for 31 months after an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks will reportedly appeal against her sentence. Lucy Connolly, who is married to West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly,
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.
Tory councillor's wife jailed over horrific racial hatred tweet is 'to appeal sentence'
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 for two and a half years for inciting racial hatred
The wife of a Conservative Party councillor has been jailed for two and half years after posting a tweet stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport attacks.
MP calls for councillor to quit after wife jailed
An MP has called for a councillor to resign after their wife was jailed for calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire. Lucy Connolly, 41, is married to West Northamptonshire Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly.
Tory councillor's wife jailed over racial hatred tweet on day of Southport attacks
Tory councillor’s wife bragged she would ‘play mental health card’ over race hate post
She then goes on to say that if she were to get arrested she would play the mental health card.” The recorder of Birmingham, Judge Melbourne Inman KC, said Connolly was “well aware how volatile the situation was” when she posted the tweet,
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 ...
Tory councillor’s wife Lucy Connolly is jailed after urging rioters to ‘set fire to all the migrant hotels’ in vile rant
A TORY councillor’s wife has been jailed after urging rioters to set fire to migrant hotels in a vile-mouthed social media ...
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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 ...
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Lucy Connolly: Tory councillor's wife pleads guilty to stirring up racial hatred during riots
If that makes me racist, so be it." Connolly will remain in custody until she is sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on October 17. Judge Adrienne Lucking KC said the case was being transferred to ...