Riots have flared throughout the country, fuelled by misinformation following the killing of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged his 'full support' for police to take action.
A childminder married to a Conservative councillor has pleaded guilty to publishing a social media post stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers.
After posting the vile tweet, Connolly was suspended on the platform Childcare.co.uk where she advertised her childminding services. 'The prosecution case included evidence which showed that racist tweets were sent out from Mrs Connolly’s X account both in the weeks and months before the Southport attacks – as well as in the days after.
The judge told her: 'Sentencing will entirely be a matter for the judge on the next occasion but it's likely to be a substantial custodial sentence. In the meantime, you are remanded in custody.' Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Schoolboy, 15, becomes first person charged with riot and could face sentence of up to ten years 'I am someone who cares enormously about children, and the similarity between those beautiful children who were so brutally attacked and my own daughter overwhelmed me with horror but I should not have expressed that horror in the way that I did.
Courts have been packed with defendants after far-right yobs rioted in towns and cities across the UK following the killings of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on July 29.
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