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Why did Lucy Connolly receive a 31-month sentence for Southport tweet?

Connolly, who was jailed for inciting racial hatred online following the Southport attacks, has been released from prison.

The Independent UK

Taxi driver jailed over Southport disorder loses bid to challenge sentence

A judge said it is ‘not arguable’ that the total sentence handed to Andrew McIntyre was excessive.

The Independent UK

Final member of the Stockwell Six cleared after false accusation from corrupt police officer

Ronald De Souza had been accused of trying to rob British Transport Police officer Derek Ridgewell

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Two more men framed by corrupt police officer Derek Ridgewell have convictions quashed

Court overturns 1970s convictions of Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, and Ronald De Souza, one of the Stockwell Six

The Guardian - UK

Man jailed based on corrupt officer’s evidence has name posthumously cleared

Errol Campbell, who died in 2004, had his convictions for theft and conspiracy to steal quashed.

Evening Standard

Starmer defends prison sentence given to Lucy Connolly over hate tweet

The Prime Minister told MPs he is against ‘incitement to violence’ when pressed on the issue, and says he supports courts and police.

Evening Standard

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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Wife of ex-Tory councillor jailed for social media rant about migrants loses appeal over sentence

Lucy Connolly had called for ‘mass deportation’ in the aftermath of the Southport attack

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Lucy Connolly loses bid to appeal against sentence for racial hatred tweet

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months after writing a post on X last July after the Southport attacks.

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

Ex-Tory councillor’s wife faces wait over racial hatred tweet appeal

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 13 months last October.

Evening Standard

Who is Peter Sullivan and why was he in prison for 38 years?

Peter Sullivan’s conviction for the murder of Diane Sindall is believed to be the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British history

The Independent UK

Peter Sullivan has murder conviction quashed after 38 years in jail

Hearing told that DNA evidence found at the scene of Diane Sindall’s murder was not that of the 68-year-old

The Guardian - UK

Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s killer has conviction appeal bid rejected

Thomas Cashman had previously lost an appeal bid against the length of his sentence for the nine-year-old’s murder.

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‘The dice is loaded’: the fight to clear Oliver Campbell’s name after 34 years

Softly spoken and easily startled, Campbell was imprisoned for murder in what has been called one of the longest miscarriages of justice in British criminal history

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant woman’s jail sentence quashed in ‘landmark’ UK ruling

Campaigners hail decision to replace 22-year-old’s prison term for firearm possession with suspended sentence

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Ten teenagers who murdered 18-year-old lose conviction appeal bids

Jack Woodley was fatally stabbed by a gang of youths who chased him down an alleyway in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland, in October 2021.

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‘Horror’ over for Rikki Neave’s mother after schoolboy’s killer loses appeal

James Watson, who was last year jailed for murdering six-year-old Rikki nearly 30 years ago, has failed in a bid to overturn his conviction.

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Man convicted of murdering six-year-old boy in 1994 loses appeal

James Watson, 42, was handed a minimum jail term of 15 years by an Old Bailey judge after being found guilty of killing Rikki Neave when he was 13.

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Andrew Malkinson wins further parts of Court of Appeal bid to clear name

He was found guilty of rape in 2003 and jailed for life with a minimum term of seven years. He served 10 more because he maintained his innocence.

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Andrew Malkinson accuses police of ‘cover up’ after being cleared of rape

The 57-year-old was found guilty of raping a woman in Greater Manchester in 2003 but has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Evening Standard

Man who spent 17 years in prison for rape he did not commit has conviction overturned

Andrew Malkinson cleared by the Court of Appeal

The Independent UK

Man who spent years in jail for rape he did not commit cleared by appeal court

Andrew Malkinson, who has always maintained his innocence, was cleared after DNA evidence pointed to another potential suspect.

The Independent UK

Ex-soldier who murdered neighbours has minimum term cut by appeal judges

Afghan veteran Collin Reeves knifed Stephen and Jennifer Chapple six times each at their home in Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, Somerset.

The Independent UK

Appeal judges reject bid to increase jail term of man who murdered colleague

Ross McCullam, 30, was handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 23 years in December for killing Megan Newborough, 23.

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