Connolly posted on X on the day of the Southport stabbings when false claims had spread on social media that the attacker was an illegal migrant.
The wife of a Tory councillor has pleaded guilty to publishing written material to stir up racial hatred. Childminder Lucy Connolly's plea was made at Northampton Crown Court after she was previously arrested and re-arrested in the first half of August.
' She made the post on the day of the knife attack in Southport when false claims had spread on social media that the attacker was an illegal migrant. She later apologised for acting on 'false and malicious' information and appears to have deleted her X account. Connolly is the partner of Conservative West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
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