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Lucy Connolly: a 'free speech martyr'?
Former childminder Lucy Connolly has become a cause célèbre for the political right since being handed a 31-month prison ...
Why did Lucy Connolly receive a 31-month sentence for Southport tweet?
Lucy Connolly has lost a bid to appeal against her 31-month sentence for inciting racial hatred online following the ...
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 ...
Keir Starmer backs Lucy Connolly’s prison sentence over hate tweet after Southport attack
Sir Keir Starmer has backed the courts over Lucy Connolly’s prison sentence, stating that he is “against incitement of ...
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Mother Lucy Connolly jailed over 'racist' Southport tweet loses her appeal and faces another two YEARS left on her prison sentence
Former childminder Lucy Connolly has lost her appeal over her 31-month sentence for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders. Connolly told the Court of Appeal in ...
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Lucy Connolly: Wife of former Tory councillor to stay in prison over Southport post
The wife of a former Conservative councillor has lost an appeal against her 31-month prison sentence for an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks. The judgment handed down ...
Labour MP breaks ranks to call on Keir Starmer to release Lucy Connolly
Labour MP Mary Glindon has labelled the 31-month prison sentence handed out to Lucy Connolly for a racially inciteful tweet ...
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MATT GOODWIN: Lucy Connolly was given a longer sentence than some members of a Pakistani grooming gang who sexually abused children. A very ugly authoritarianism is rising in ...
Absolutely. But does it justify what was then handed out to Lucy Connolly, 42, by a justice system clearly struggling to regain control over the unrest after the horror of Southport – a prison ...
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Why was Lucy Connolly jailed for a tweet and why was her appeal dismissed?
The wife of a former Conservative councillor has lost an appeal against her 31-month sentence for inciting racial hatred online following the Southport attacks. Lucy Connolly sought to challenge ...