The wife of a Tory councillor who called on rioters to 'set fire to all migrant hotels' on social media has admitted to stirring up racial hatred.
The wife of a Tory councillor who called on rioters to 'set fire to all migrant hotels' on social media has admitted to stirring up racial hatred. Lucy Connolly, the wife of Tory councillor Raymond Connolly, made the remarks in a tweet hours after the death of three girls in a knife attack in Southport.The attack triggered widespread violence across the country, with false information claiming the Southport attacker was a Syrian asylum seeker spreading online.
Judge Lucking said: "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."She will now be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on October 17.Recent weeks have seen both rioters and counter-protestors filter through the UK's courts for sentencing, with boy, 12, the youngest to be sentenced so far.
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