Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for calling for attacks on asylum-seeker hotels, was released from HMP Peterborough on 21 August 2025 after serving 40% of her sentence.
The 42-year-old former childminder from Northampton had been sentenced to 31 months in prison after posting a message on X (formerly Twitter) that was ruled to incite racial hatred. The post, which was viewed over 310,000 times, came just hours after three girls were stabbed to death in Southport on 29 July 2024.
