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UK woman jailed for ‘blow up mosque’ Facebook post after Southport riots

Julie Sweeney, a 53-year-old woman from Cheshire, the UK, was sentenced to 15 months in jail [X/@cheshirepolice]

A 53-year-old woman has been sentenced to 15 months in jail in the United Kingdom for posting a comment on Facebook that mosques should not be protected and should be “blown up with the adults in it”.

Julie Sweeney, from Church Lawton, Cheshire, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to sending communications on a Facebook group that “threaten death or serious harm”.

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