Lucy Connolly appeal Rejected

I agree regarding Tommy Robinson GrannyGravy13. - although I believe in terms of the sentences being reduced, they have been treated the same. Lucy Connolly was seeking to further shorten her sentence, which was refused, but she will still be released early, as he was.

I think it’s difficult to draw parallels with other offences, other than other direct threats to kill.

I presume Huw Edwards sentence was commensurate with sentences for other people who commit similar crimes? Unfortunately viewing images of children as he did online is an everyday offence, horrible though I’m sure everybody agrees it was.

Kneecap are a very controversial Irish band, and what they had said about murdering MPs was on old footage, not said during their last UK appearance. I don’t condone what they said at all, but I’m not sure what form an arrest would take for something somebody said in their own country, in the past?

Freya5

GrannyGravy13

Stephen Yaxley Lennon aka Tommy Robinson is to be released four months early from prison.

In my opinion he is more of a threat to society than Lucy Connolly.

Many think there is more of a threat to our society from others.

Other what? other people who advocate burning houses with people inside?

Casdon

Freya5

GrannyGravy13

Stephen Yaxley Lennon aka Tommy Robinson is to be released four months early from prison.

In my opinion he is more of a threat to society than Lucy Connolly.

Many think there is more of a threat to our society from others.

I imagine everybody without exception thinks that. That doesn’t mean either of these two should have more lenient sentences though.

Casdon my point was that Tommy Robinson’s reach is far wider than Lucy Connolly’s.

He has an ever growing following off and online.

I am not a legal expert.

I struggle to understand how the likes of Hugh Edwards walks free despite being found guilty of obscene images of children in his possession.

How the band KneeCap is walking free despite the lyrics of one of their songs advising people to find the nearest Conservative MP and murder them…

Freya5

GrannyGravy13

Stephen Yaxley Lennon aka Tommy Robinson is to be released four months early from prison.

In my opinion he is more of a threat to society than Lucy Connolly.

Many think there is more of a threat to our society from others.

I imagine everybody without exception thinks that. That doesn’t mean either of these two should have more lenient sentences though.

The keyboardwarrior got her comeuppance, a nasty woman indeed. Not so cocky now is she?🤔

She deserves to be there for every second of her sentence.

GrannyGravy13

Stephen Yaxley Lennon aka Tommy Robinson is to be released four months early from prison.

In my opinion he is more of a threat to society than Lucy Connolly.

Many think there is more of a threat to our society from others.

I can't believe that there are people donating to a woman who incite others to burn people to death. What if they had managed to respond successfully and thus kill the innocent people in the hostels? Would her supporters donate to someone who had incited mass murder?

There are people starving, homeless, injured in war, suffering from terrible diseases or having no access to clean water.... And people here decide to give their money to a woman who incited hatred and murder. The world has gone mad.

The facts:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/20/jailed-wife-of-ex-tory-councillor-loses-sentence-appeal-over-southport-tweet

As I said up thread, I think was deciding to take her sentence to court that has caused so much publicity for the family - her child and husband dragged through the matter in the public eye. Because she initially pleaded guilty, all what you read in the article would probably not have come into the public eye. She would have served her sentence and got out after 40% of the time.

I agree especially after all she's said that the sentence was proper/within guidelines and there aren't get out classes for not only threatening/inciting violence and death but doing it quite knowingly for the possible consequences for her family. and it was deserved.

Paying for the lawyers for this appeal - which she seems to have been egged on to do by the Free Speech Union -

meant they mortgaged their house and are broke and her child and husband have gone through the glare of publicity

I dont feel gleeful about it but feel that justice was done by the original sentence. Knowing other horrible things are said on X doesn't change what she did.

Quite a bit above about losing her child and the effects it had - people react very differently - anger and hate/wanting to blame can be part of that but that doesn't mean to say you aren't responsible for your own behaviour, and to turn it into racist hatred and then make it worse for your remaining child can be explained but not excused.

Wibblywobbly

I think she deserves her prison sentence. In no way is it acceptable to incite others to burn people to death. Nasty piece of work.

Yes indeed Wibblywobbly.
She deserves her very stiff punishment for her rancid, rebel- rousing posts. A nasty piece of work indeed. 😒

I remember seeing on the tv news the terror of those in the hotel/ hostels being attacked by violent, angry, out of control thugs. Whipped up by the likes of this racist woman.

I think the key thing was that she was encouraging people to burn hostels and hotels where immigrants were. That is arson and arson is always severely dealt with because it is a serious crime and has been since the Middle Ages when burning down buildings threatened whole towns!
If you are the partner of a public figure such as a councillor, you need to have regard for the responsibilities involved in the post and not behave like an impulsive teenager.

Oreo

I suggest you read all the comments on here and make up your own mind.
It’s one thing to say you think the sentence was proportionate and another to delight in it.

The woman was suggesting burning down the dwelling place of women and children. At a time of heightened emotions.

So I suggest you think about that.

No delight.

Like many others I thought this was just the govt/ judiciary making an example of someone. Having read some of the above posts (without knowing if they are factual) saying many previous posts of similar content had also been posted then perhaps I need to think again.

I suggest you read all the comments on here and make up your own mind.
It’s one thing to say you think the sentence was proportionate and another to delight in it.

sanctimonious people to show they have no empathy whatsoever

Like who exactly?

I am not entering into this debate, but am concerned that someone who needs to look after his family and is apparently ill and in danger of losing his job, finds the time & energy to stand for the Town Council: www.northamptontowncouncil.gov.uk/briar-hill

Primrose53

democracythree.org/helplucyconnolly

£93,000 now. A lot of people feel she has been punished enough. As her husband is ill and she has no income, they are in danger of losing their home.

I wonder when her husband became ill?
This was written Nov 26th 2024:
"The authority’s monitoring officer, Sarah Hall, has instructed an independent investigator from law firm Bevan Brittan to decide whether Cllr Ray Connolly, has breached the code of conduct for public comments he made in the aftermath of his wife’s arrest for stirring up racial hatred online."
www.nnjournal.co.uk/p/councillor-husband-of-lucy-connolly

She could have been given a much longer sentence. but by pleading guilty and taking other family situation into account , she got a reduction on the lower rate, so why does she just do her time.its not very long now.
Really surprised at how much has been raised, and given the seriousness of the charges, that some people think this is acceptable behaviour.

Am just quietly thinking that SM could be the worst thing that humanity has brought into being.Not only for people not realising that tweets can cause trouble but for sanctimonious people to show they have no empathy whatsoever.

lafergar

Are you quite well my dear Oreo?

In the pink my dear 😃

As her husband is ill and she has no income, they are in danger of losing their home

Many people face this problem every year or are already homeless through no fault of their own.
This particular family needs to look at themselves for where they are in life.

I notice that £87,000 has been crowd funded for her family so far as this has made their future far from secure. I will donate because I feel she has been punished enough

So many more worthwhile causes to donate to than supporting a racist woman inciting harm to other innocent people while 'LOL' about it (her words). The parents of the three murdered girls have raised money to honour the memory of their girls - a much more fitting cause to support.
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Are you quite well my dear Oreo?

Halos all round then 😇😇😇😇😇