Mother jailed over tweet could have sentence reduced

Lucy Connolly: Mother jailed over Southport social media post claims she was in state of anxiety when she made comment that 'incited racial hatred'

A mother jailed for 31 months for a social media post following the Southport murders has described how news of the massacre triggered memories of the death of her own child.Lucy Connolly, a childminder and wife of a Conservative councillor, pleaded guilty to inciting racial hatred last year after making the X post about migrants on July 29, the day of Axel Rudakubana's murders in Southport.Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancomb…

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

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 13 months last October.The wife of a former Conservative county councillor who was jailed after an online rant about migrants o ...

'Hopefully she'll be home within a week': Husband of childminder jailed for race hate tweet speaks after appeal hearing

The husband of a childminder jailed over a social media rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks said he hopes his wife will return within a week.

Mother jailed over tweet could have sentence reduced

Court of Appeal to review Lucy Connolly’s right to contest 31-month sentence for inciting racial hatred in wake of Southport attack

Ex-Tory councillor’s wife in appeal bid over sentence for racial hatred tweet

The wife of a former Conservative councillor who was jailed for 31 months after an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks will make a bid to appeal over the sentence on Thursday.