UK woman sentenced to 31 months over tweet, freed after 9, says she plans to sue police and prosecutors

'I don't think that she's a Nelson Mandela' - Atkinson on Connolly

Labour MP Catherine Atkinson says Lucy Connolly is ‘wrong’ to call herself a political prisoner. pic.twitter.com/zUxZtdyBf7 — GB News (@GBNEWS) August 24, 2025 The post ‘I don’t think that she’s a Nelson Mandela’ – Atkinson on Connolly appeared first on Conservative Home.

REPORT: White House To Meet With UK Woman Who Was Imprisoned Over A Tweet

Lucy Connolly, a British housewife who was sentenced to more than two years in prison for a social media post after an African migrant fatally stabbed multiple children last summer, is reportedly in talks to meet with the Trump Administration. Connolly was sentenced to 31 months in prison for a social media post made at the height of the Southport riots, which erupted after Axel Rudakubana, a first-generation immigrant by way of Rwanda, stabbed …

British Mother Jailed for Tweet: ‘I Was Starmer’s Political Prisoner’

A British mother jailed for more than a year over a tweet about the Southport child murders has accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of making her a “political prisoner.” Lucy Connolly, a Northampton childminder and mother of two, said she found it “bizarre” that she had been imprisoned for 380 days for what she admitted was not her “finest moment.” In her first interview since release, the 42-year-old told The Telegraph she was “upset and an…

Lucy Connolly considers legal action against police after being jailed for race hate tweet

Lucy Connolly, who was jailed after calling for her followers on X to burn down asylum hotels with people inside them, has said she is considering legal action against the police after her release from prison.

Lucy Connolly: Woman jailed for race hate post says she was political prisoner

She gives her first newspaper interview after being released from prison.

Lucy Connolly 'considering legal action' against authorities after prison release

Lucy Connolly, 42, was released from HMP Peterborough on Thursday, nine months into her 31-month sentence, after she admitted to publishing and distributing "threatening or abusive" written material on X.