Tory councillor's wife faces prison over a 'race hate' social media rant
Manchester Evening News|September 03, 2024
THE wife of a Conservative councillor has admitted sending a social media message stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the Southport attacks.
Tory councillor's wife faces prison over a 'race hate' social media rant

Lucy Connolly, who is married to West Northamptonshire Raymond Connolly, pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court yesterday to a charge of inciting racial hatred by publishing and distributing 'threatening or abusive' written material on X, formerly Twitter.

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