Tory councillor's wife to fight 31-month jail term for social media rant about migrants on day of Southport attack

The woman of a erstwhile Conservative councillor who was jailed for 31 months aft an online rant astir migrants connected the time of the Southport attacks is owed to have a bid to entreaty against the condemnation heard connected Thursday.

Lucy Connolly said successful an X station connected July 29: 'Mass deportation now, set occurrence to each the f****** hotels afloat of the b******* for each I care... if that makes maine racist truthful beryllium it.'

The station followed 3 girls being stabbed and killed astatine a vacation nine successful Southport connected July 29, sparking nationwide unrest.

It was viewed 310,000 times successful three-and-a-half hours earlier Connolly deleted it.

The erstwhile childminder, who is joined to Raymond Connolly, was sentenced astatine Birmingham Crown Court past October aft pleading blameworthy to a complaint of inciting radical hatred.

Her tweet was wide condemned arsenic abhorrent - but her condemnation has been a lightning rod for disapproval from immoderate campaigners.

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss, who is calling for Connolly’s release, has said: 'The severity of her condemnation is wholly unjustifiable and a shocking illustration of two-tier justness which present prevails successful Britain'.

Lucy Connolly's bid to situation her condemnation is owed to beryllium heard astatine the Court of Appeal successful London connected Thursday, according to tribunal listings. 

Mr Connolly had been a Tory West Northamptonshire councillor, but mislaid his spot successful May.

The 42-year-old, of Northampton, was arrested connected August 6 and constabulary officers recovered different posts connected her telephone with racist remarks.

She had besides sent a tweet commenting connected a sword attack, which read: 'I stake my location it was 1 of these vessel invaders.'

Sentencing her, the Recorder of Birmingham, Judge Melbourne Inman KC, said Connolly was 'well alert however volatile the concern was', adding that she had encouraged enactment which threatened oregon endangered life.

Last period constabulary chiefs were criticised for denying Connolly impermanent leave, arsenic she has been waiting 4 months to unafraid release.

This is contempt 1 situation adept describing her arsenic the 'ideal candidate' for specified a scheme.

Documents suggest Connolly has not yet been granted the permission owed to concerns implicit nationalist and media involvement successful her lawsuit arsenic opposed to immoderate evident nonaccomplishment to conscionable the criteria for impermanent release, the Telegraph reports.

Connolly had cited evident deterioration successful her daughter's behaviour astatine school, saying this was 'totally retired of character'.

She besides referenced accent being placed connected her sick husband, Ray, a Conservative councillor for West Northamptonshire who is suffering from bony marrow failure.

The 42-year-old had taken her 'racist' station down wrong 4 hours erstwhile she uploaded it past summertime but this was not earlier it had been viewed 310,000 times and screenshots taken.

She was interviewed by constabulary connected August 6 and charged 3 days later, remaining successful jailhouse since arsenic she pleaded blameworthy earlier her sentencing successful October.

Connolly has been eligible for merchandise connected impermanent licence since past November, based connected her situation clip served.

The strategy is unfastened to inmates arsenic a mode to 'rebuild household ties', allowing for up to 2 overnight location stays a month.

Only class A prisoners, galore of which service clip for violent, violent and intersexual crimes, those formally listed arsenic flight risks, and suspects failing extradition are excluded nether situation rules.

Speaking connected the process, Ian Acheson, a erstwhile situation politician who has advised the Government connected extremism successful jails, told the Telegraph helium was 'concerned' by the 'apparent foot-dragging implicit information for merchandise connected impermanent licence'.

He said: 'It can't beryllium close that idiosyncratic who is different eligible is not being considered due to the fact that of either the prison's nonaccomplishment to decently hazard measure oregon her 'notoriety'. 

'In my opinion, and fixed the offence details and the inheritance to her custodial behaviour I person seen, she ought to beryllium an perfect campaigner for aboriginal merchandise to let her reintegration to start. 

'Many much risky individuals are walking escaped arsenic a effect of Labour's exigency wide merchandise legislation.'