UK Woman Jailed for Nearly Three Years for ‘Racist’ Anti-Migrant Social Media Comments

Lucy Connolly sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred following false claims about a Muslim asylum seeker being involved in the tragic stabbing of three girls.

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A crowd clashes with police on July 30, 2024, at Southport, England, near where three girls were stabbed to death. Richard McCarthy/PA via AP, file

The wife of a council member of the United Kingdom’s conservative Tory political party has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for making what were described as ‘racist’ comments about migrants on social media following a stabbing incident that left three young children dead.

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