Re: VIDEO: Lucy Connolly: A Victim of Starmer's Police State

On 13/09/2024 18:16, D. Ray wrote:

> Lucy Connolly, a child minder from Northampton, is currently remanded in
> custody awaiting a ‘substantial’ custodial sentence for a social media
> post. Find out what she said, her tragic history, the double standards on
> display and why you should NEVER trust the ‘justice’ system.

Alternatively:
<https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/02/childminder-lucy-connolly-married-to-tory-councillor-pleads-guilty-to-stirring-up-racial-hatred-hotels-asylum-seekers>

"A childminder who is married to a Conservative councillor is facing a 
“substantial” prison sentence after she admitted stirring up racial 
hatred with an inflammatory social media post.

Lucy Connolly tweeted about hotels housing asylum seekers on the same 
day three girls were fatally stabbed at a dance class in Southport. She 
said on X: “Mass deportation now, set fire to all the fucking hotels 
full of the bastards for all I care … If that makes me racist, so be it.”

At a hearing on Monday, Connolly, 41, of Northampton, pleaded guilty to 
publishing threatening or abusive material intending to stir up racial 
hatred. She is due to be sentenced next month, with a judge warning her 
she faces a “substantial” custodial sentence.

Connolly entered her guilty plea via video link from HMP Peterborough 
having been remanded in custody after her first court appearance on 10 
August. Her husband, the West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond 
Connolly, watched proceedings from the public gallery. He is the 
vice-chair of the council’s adult social care and health committee.

Lucy Connolly spoke only to enter her plea and confirm she could hear 
the judge during the hearing at Northampton crown court, which lasted 
seven minutes. Adjourning the case for sentencing at Birmingham crown 
court on 17 October, the judge, Adrienne Lucking KC, told Connolly that 
the ordering of pre-sentence reports was no indication of the probable 
sentence.

The judge said the case was being transferred to Birmingham to avoid any 
potential appearance of bias given Connolly’s husband’s political post. 
Lucking 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.”"
-- 
Rob
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational 
in order to prove that you care, or, indeed, why it should be necessary 
to prove it at all." - Avon, Blake's 7