35 h. ago Tory councillor's wife jailed for Southport tweet helped obtain British citizenship for family of Nigerian GP who hails her as the 'kindest British person I know'

Lucy Connolly was imprisoned for her tweet ranting about migrants after the Southport murders. Now a Nigerian GP has come forward to praise her saying: 'This is not a racist person'

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3 d. ago Tory councillor ‘heartbroken’ wife lost bid to appeal hate tweet sentence

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months after posting on X, formerly Twitter, following the Southport attacks.

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3 d. ago Mother Lucy Connolly jailed over 'racist' Southport tweet loses her appeal and faces another two YEARS left on her prison sentence

Former childminder Lucy Connolly has lost her appeal over her 31-month sentence for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

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3 d. ago Tory councillor's wife who made social media rant about migrants on day of Southport attack loses appeal over 'harsh' sentence

Former childminder Lucy Connolly has lost her appeal over her 31-month sentence for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

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3 d. ago Southport attacks: Woman who tweeted 'set fire to hotels' sparking riots loses bid

Lucy Connolly had her bid to appeal against her 31-month prison sentence dismissed at the Court of Appeal today - she'd been jailed for a tweet inciting racial hatred

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8 d. ago Tory councillor's wife jailed for tweeting 'set fire to hotels' told to wait for appeal

Lucy Connolly has been told she will have to wait to hear the outcome her appeal against her 31-month prison sentence after tweeting 'set fire to all the f****** hotels' during last year's riots

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8 d. ago Jailed Tory councillor’s wife says rant about setting fire to migrant hotels ‘never meant to incite violence’

Connolly said she ‘never’ intended to incite violence and did not realise pleading guilty would mean she accepted that she had

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8 d. ago Tory councillor's wife 'had no idea what she was admitting' when she pleaded guilty to online rant about migrants in wake of Southport attack

The 42-year-old former childminder was jailed in October last year after posting comments about asylum seekers. Police arrested her a week later and she was subsequently charged and jailed.

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