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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray and Tom Ambrose

Wife of Tory councillor jailed for stirring racial hatred after Southport attack

Mugshot of Lucy Connolly.
Lucy Connolly called for the hotels where asylum seekers were staying to be set on fire. Photograph: Northamptonshire police/PA

A childminder married to a Conservative councillor has been jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire after the Southport attacks.

Lucy Connolly, 41, received a 31-month prison sentence after calling for “mass deportation now” in a social media post to her 10,000 followers on X on the day three children were killed in a knife attack in Southport.

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