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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

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

Connolly lost a bid to appeal against her sentence at the Court of Appeal on Tuesday.

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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.

Evening Standard

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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

Mum Jailed Over Shocking Tweet After Southport Tragedy Fights for Freedom

The wife of a former Conservative councilor is still waiting to find out if she’ll be released from prison, after appealing the 31-month sentence she received for a hateful post

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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

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.

Evening Standard

Wife of Conservative Official Imprisoned for 1 Year Over Racist Social Media Posts: 'If That Makes Me Racist, So Be It'

A woman who posted that immigrants should face mass deportation and to set hotels housing them on fire has been sentenced to more than a year of jail time.

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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

The Independent UK

Tory councillor’s wife ‘did not break X rules’ with criminal social media post

Elon Musk has let go of X’s entire moderation team during his tenure

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Childminder married to Tory councillor pleads guilty to stirring up racial hatred

Lucy Connolly, of Northampton, told she faces substantial jail term over tweet calling for attacks on asylum hotels

The National (Scotland)

Tory councillor's wife faces 'substantial' jail time after guilty plea in racism case

THE wife of a Conservative councillor has admitted sending a social media message stirring up racial hatred ...

Evening Standard

Lucy Connolly: Tory councillor's wife facing 'substantial' jail term for urging attacks on asylum seekers

Lucy Connelly had posted a message to X, on the day three girls were stabbed to death in Southport, calling for ‘mass deportations now’

The Independent UK

Tory councillor’s wife admits stirring up racial hatred after calling for migrant hotels to ‘burn’

Lucy Connolly admitted publishing inflammatory social media post on day of Southport stabbings

The Independent UK

Two boys, both aged 12, become youngest to be convicted of violent disorder during nationwide riots

A Tory councillor’s wife has also been remanded in custody for allegedly inciting hatred on social media

The Independent UK

Tory councillor’s wife Lucy Connolly could face 18 months on racial hatred charges

Lucy Connolly is accused of stirring up racial hatred on the day three children were killed in Southport

The Independent UK

The women involved in far-right riots across UK as social media awash with hate speech

Social media has played a central role in women’s involvement in the far-right riots, writes Maya Oppenheim

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