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‘Two-tier Britain’: how Lucy Connolly became a cause célèbre for the right

Woman jailed for social media post after Southport attack has been seized on as a symbol that free speech is supposedly failing in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Connolly Walks Free After Racist X Comments Sent Her to Jail; What Really Happened?

Lucy Connolly, jailed for inciting violence against asylum-seeker hotels on X, has been released after serving 40% of her sentence, reigniting debate over free speech and hate crime laws in the UK.

International Business Times UK

Lucy Connolly to speak out for first time since being released from prison

The former childminder, from Northampton, left HMP Peterborough on Thursday morning.

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Lucy Connolly to speak out for first time since ending 10-month jail term for hate tweet

The wife of a Conservative councillor is understood to be doing limited media interviews a day after walking free from jail

Evening Standard

Ex-childminder who called for arson on asylum-seeker hotels released from jail

Lucy Connolly served 10 months of her sentence after calling for followers on X to set fire to hotels

The Guardian - UK

Lucy Connolly to be released from prison after serving part of 31-month sentence for hate tweet

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The Independent UK

Lucy Connolly freed from prison after hate-tweet jail term

The former childminder, from Northampton, was ordered to serve 40% of her 31-month sentence in prison before being released on licence.

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

Jailed wife of ex-Tory councillor who posted 'burn down hotels' after Southport murders set to be freed in weeks

Exclusive: Lucy Connolly is due to be released from HMP Peterborough next month subject to conditions

Evening Standard

Loss of sentence appeal over Southport tweet boosts far-right fundraising for Lucy Connolly

Campaign for woman jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be torched gains traction after court ruling

The Guardian - UK

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

Why was Lucy Connolly jailed for a tweet and why was her appeal dismissed?

Her tweet came amid a ‘particularly sensitive social climate’

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - UK

Jailed wife of ex-Tory councillor loses sentence appeal over Southport tweet

Lucy Connolly was imprisoned for 31 months for stirring racial hatred online after deadly knife attacks

Evening Standard

Lucy Connolly loses jail sentence appeal over Southport race hate post - as Tory councillor husband brands decision 'shocking'

Lucy Connolly has been in prison since August last year for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders

Evening Standard

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.

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The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 13 months last October.

Evening Standard

Ex-Tory councillor’s wife ‘never’ intended X post to incite violence, court told

Lucy Connolly is challenging the sentence of 31 months imprisonment that she was given last October after posting following the Southport attacks.

Evening Standard

Ex-Tory councillor’s wife seeking to appeal sentence for racial hatred tweet

The former childminder, who is married to Raymond Connolly, was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court last October.

The Guardian - UK

Wife of Tory councillor jailed for stirring racial hatred after Southport attack

Lucy Connolly called for mass deportations and arson attacks in expletive-ridden social media post

Evening Standard

Tory councillor's wife Lucy Connolly jailed for 31 months for inciting race hatred during riots

Lucy Connolly has been held in prison since her August arrest

The Independent UK

Tory councillor’s wife bragged she would ‘play mental health card’ over race hate post

Lucy Connolly jailed for 31 months for inciting racial hatred on social media

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