36 m. ago Lucy Connolly is FREE: Tory councillor's wife who was jailed for 'racist' tweet during Southport riots is released from prison after a year behind bars

The mother and former childminder had spent more than a year behind bars after admitting making the inflammatory post on X in the wake of the Southport attacks in July last year.

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52 m. ago US woman who wore niqab disguise before failed murder plot jailed for 30 years

Aimee Betro flew to the UK to carry out the plot in Birmingham, which failed when the gun jammed, allowing the victim to escape.

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53 m. ago Lucy Connolly released from jail after 10 months behind bars for race hate tweet

The Tory councillor’s wife was released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced last year to 31 months in custody

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57 m. ago US woman jailed for 30 years for attempted murder of Birmingham man

Aimee Betro, 45, was found guilty of conspiracy to murder earlier this month after a two-week trialAn American “hitwoman” who attempted to murder a Birmingham business owner before going on the run in Armenia has been jailed for 30 years at Birmingham crown court.Earlier this month, Aimee Betro, 45, from Wisconsin was found guilty of conspiracy to murder, possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, and an offence relating to the importation of ammunition into the UK, after a two-week trial. Continue reading...

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95 m. ago Lucy Connolly is FREE: Tory councillor's wife who was jailed for 'racist' tweet during Southport riots is released from prison after nine months behind bars

The mother and former childminder had spent more than nine months behind bars after admitting making the inflammatory post on X in the wake of the Southport attacks in July last year.

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2 h. ago Lucy Connolly LIVE: Woman jailed for 'set fire to asylum hotels' tweet to be freed

Lucy Connolly, 41, is due to be released from jail after her racist post calling for asylum hotels to be burned down after Axel Rudakubana stabbed three girls to death in Southport

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5 h. ago Lucy Connolly to be released from jail after 10 months behind bars for hate tweet

The Tory councillor’s wife will reportedly be released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced last year to 31 months in custody

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5 h. ago Woman jailed after Southport stabbing tweet is to be released

Lucy Connolly was sent to prison for inciting racial hatred

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8 h. ago Lucy Connolly who posted vile tweet on day of Southport attack to be released from jail

Lucy Connolly, the wife of a former Conservative county councillor, was jailed last year for inciting racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport terror attack

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10 h. ago Lucy Connolly to walk FREE: Tory councillor's wife who was jailed last year for 'racist' Tweet during the Southport riots is being released from prison in a matter of hours

The mother and former childminder has spent more than nine months behind bars after admitting making the inflammatory post on X in the wake of the Southport attacks in July last year.

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12 h. ago Lucy Connolly set to be released from prison following jail term for hate tweet

She was jailed over social media posts in the wake of the Southport terror attack.

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44 h. ago Moment police officer steals woman's underwear while searching her home

Hertfordshire Constabulary police officer Marcin Zielinski, 27, has been jailed for four months after he admitted to stealing the woman's underwear from the property on September 12 2024.

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48 h. ago Brit tourist, 22, faces 10 years in Thai jail as woman dies days after 'he crashed into her while pulling a wheelie on rented scooter sparking mass street brawl'

The 22-year-old had been riding a rented scooter while doing a stunt using just one wheel when he slammed into Jurairat Petchraksa, 49, outside a bar in Pattaya.

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3 d. ago Scorned lover who ignited county's worst wildfire in HISTORY to hide the body of woman he murdered is jailed

Victor Serriteno, 33, murdered Priscilla Castro, 22, after meeting her online, then set her body on fire on August 18, 2020.

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3 d. ago DWP issues stark benefit warning after woman jailed for 20 months

The DWP has issued a stern warning to benefit claimants across Great Britain, confirming that benefit fraud will be detected and pursued to the 'fullest extent of the law'

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4 d. ago DWP gives warning to millions of Brits as woman jailed for £110,000 fraud

The Department for Work and Pensions has issued a stark warning to 24 million people in the UK following a ten-year campaign of fraud that has led to a woman falsely claiming £110,000 from the governement

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4 d. ago DWP issues stark warning to JSA, UC and PIP claimants as woman jailed for 20 months

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a grave warning to the 24 million Brits claiming benefits

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5 d. ago Trans woman caught smuggling 26 kilos of cannabis into the UK to try and fund a sex change operation is jailed for 18 months in a men's prison

Keira Borrett, 46, from Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, was discovered with two suitcases full of the Class B drug when stopped by Border Force officials at London Heathrow Airport on May 23.

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5 d. ago Facing jail, pastor found guilty of 19 charges of sexual and physical abuse against woman and children

A pastor is behind bars for the serial abuse of a woman and several children.

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5 d. ago Shameless hit and run driver who killed pregnant woman's unborn baby jailed

Ashir Shahid, 20, crashed into pregnant Ranju Joseph as she walked across a pedestrian crossing in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, badly injuring her and killing her unborn child

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