The wife of a Tory councillor has been jailed for 31 months over a social media post during the riots. Lucy Connolly, married to Raymond Connolly on the West Northamptonshire Council, took to social media in July with some rather controversial words in the wake of the killing of three children in Southport.
In her Twitter tirade, Connolly called for ‘mass deportation now’, adding:
Set fire to all the f***ing hotels full of the b******s for all I care. While you’re at it take the treacherous government and politicians with them.
Good heavens. The wife of the Tory councillor previously admitted to intending to stir up racial hatred, and was sentenced today at Birmingham Crown Court. The court heard that the councillor’s wife sent a WhatsApp message some days later laughing that her social media post had ‘bitten me on the a***’. She can say that again…
The messages were sent after rioters attempted to set fire to two separate hotels housing asylum seekers.
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