US EditionLucy Connolly: Councillor's wife jailed for inciting racial hatred on X after Southport murders released
Lucy Connolly served 10 months of a 31-month sentence for inciting racial hatred after a social media post viewed 310,000 times, highlighting legal debates on free speech limits.
- Lucy Connolly, married to Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly, was sentenced to prison last October for inciting racial hatred on X following the Southport murders on July 29, 2024.
- She posted a tweet calling for 'Mass deportation now' and violence against asylum seekers the day the murders occurred, which she deleted after 310,000 views in three-and-a-half hours.
- Lucy Connolly admitted her guilt at Birmingham Crown Court to charges of publishing material considered threatening or abusive, receiving a 31-month prison sentence with a requirement to serve 40% of the term before eligibility for release on licence.
- Her appeal in May against the sentence was rejected, despite Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch criticizing it as being more severe than the penalties imposed for throwing bricks at police officers or participating in violent riots.
- Connolly served 10 months before release and her case sparked debate on free speech and incitement, with Prime Minister Starmer defending the independence of courts and the need to prevent violence.
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Kemi Badenoch roasted for ‘shameful’ tweet defending Lucy Connolly
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been slammed for posting a tweet in support of Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred. Connolly pleaded guilty to sharing a tweet on the day of the Southport stabbings, calling for “mass deportations” and urging people to “set fire” to asylum hotels. On 29 July 2024, teenager Axel Rudakubana killed three young girls and injured ten others at a Taylor Swift–themed yoga and dance workshop. Far-r…
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The IndependentLucy Connolly freed from prison after hate-tweet jail term
Lucy Connolly freed from prison after hate-tweet jail term Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers online on the day of the Southport murders, has been released from prison.
Lucy Connolly's husband breaks silence after mum whose tweet sparked violence freed - The Mirror
Lucy Connolly served 40 per cent of her sentence and was released from jail on Thursday after she posted a racist tweet during the height of the riots following the Southport murders
'Lucy Connolly has become the face of two-tier justice in Britain'
Lucy Connolly is a free woman - but she should never have been sent to prison in the first place.She got 31 months after mistakenly pleading guilty to one count of inciting racial hatred.People on the left say: "Oh well why did she plead guilty then?"I'll tell you what I think - she got terrible legal advice. She is on record saying she didn't know that when she pleaded guilty she was admitting that she INTENDED to incite violence.Her post read:…
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