The wife of a British conservative councillor who posted on social media that immigrants should face mass deportation and be set on fire has learned her fate.
Lucy Connolly, the wife of a Conservative councillor in West Northhamptonshire, England, was sentenced to a year in prison for posted the inflammatory comment on X the same day three young girls were murdered in a Southport knife attack. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, misinformation about the perpetrator falsely suggested he was an illegal immigrant, leading to nationwide protests and riots.
