Lucy Connolly appeal Rejected

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.

Remember three little girls had been very brutally murdered and emotions were running high

Which is exactly why she should never have done it. There could easily have been more deaths, very easily.

As for " do gooder", I'm pretty proud to be one.

This woman is no innocent by any stretch of the imagination and clearly has little respect for the law.

The court heard that the day before Connolly was arrested, she sent a WhatsApp message saying the “raging tweet about burning down hotels has bit me on the arse lol”. She also said she would “play the mental health card” if arrested, and would deny responsibility for the post if asked.

Naeem Valli, prosecuting, said Connolly.......also sent a message saying she intended to work her notice period as a childminder “on the sly” despite being deregistered.

She sent another tweet commenting on a sword attack that read: “I bet my house it was one of these boat invaders.”

StoneofDestiny

*This was a woman partly triggered by her previous trauma of losing a child*

If all of of us who have lost children or been victims of violent assault used that 'get out of jail card' every time we were found to be involved in reprehensible behaviour, nobody would be punished for anything they did.

Here you are 😇

Sometimes sentencing seems very odd. One of the Blenheim gold toilet gang heist got a two year suspended sentence and we are awaiting sentencing for the Sycamore Gap tree fellers which is more likely to be two years inside.

This was a woman partly triggered by her previous trauma of losing a child

If all of of us who have lost children or been victims of violent assault used that 'get out of jail card' every time we were found to be involved in reprehensible behaviour, nobody would be punished for anything they did.

Tenaciousd

I am with you on this. We have a two tier justice system in the UK. Whatever happened to the core principle of criminal justice - 'let the punishment fit the crime'? This was a woman partly triggered by her previous trauma of losing a child.
There are many 'do-gooders' commenting on her who forget that at the end of the day humanity is an imperfect state of being and we have ALL said things previously at some point that we later lived to regret.
It will be very interesting to see what sort of sentence former Labour councillor Ricky Jones gets later in the summer for calling for 'throats cut' of Southport protestors.

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She pleaded guilty to a horrible crime ( inciting racial hatred) , for which the maximum sentence is 7 years. She got 30 odd months of which she will serve 40% instead of the usual 50%. She got off lightly!!

Indeed she did. So many on here have no understanding of the law as passed by our Parliament. Doesn't sound like her husband should be in politics either - he clearly has no idea either.

You’d need a whole new prison if everyone who tweeted anything nasty was to go to jail

People getting speeding tickets often cite how many others were speeding too. The answer is 'so what', you are still guilty.

Remember three little girls had been very brutally murdered and emotions were running high

Nobody has forgotten. It's no excuse for what she was suggesting be done to innocent people. She might take the example of the parents of these children and do good things to honour their children's memory, not suggest hideous things be done to others.

Beggars belief to me that anybody could have any sympathy for this woman. Her communication was vile and given the context of the volatile situation in the country, she could have incited a major tragedy.

Can you imagine how she or her husband would feel if someone suggested burning down her home with her children inside? I'm certain she'd have been howling for a long prison sentence for the perpetrator.

If this was an overweight tattooed shaven headed man waving union flags who chanted these provocative words, there would not be an ounce of sympathy for him on this site. Just because she is a middle class woman, out come the hankies.

She actually boasted about pleading 'mental health issues' if she was prosecuted! So clearly knew what she was about.

She knew what she was saying, knew it had crossed a huge line and knew what the likely consequences would be. In fact, a larger sentence was an option open to the judge.

The fact she is a parent and holds her hideous views is pretty scary - but she is entitled to hold them. She is not entitled to broadcast them without impunity.

She is where she deserves to be. Shame on those supporting her. Our country does not need attitudes like hers - she needs to accept responsibility for her crime and not blame anybody else for the predicament she put herself in.

I've seen much more offensive comments posted and this is proseceutorial/judicial overreach.

Some people think they can post anything they like without any consequences.

Well. Tough luck. You can’t always get away with it.

She should stay in prison and mull over what she said and why she said it.

I’m guessing that a lot of people commenting here aren’t on X. Her tweet was relatively mild compared to many on that platform. You’d need a whole new prison if everyone who tweeted anything nasty was to go to jail. You should see some of the abuse JK Rowling gets for one example
Remember three little girls had been very brutally murdered and emotions were running high. Information was scarce and rumours took the place of concrete information

I lost a child, I live with poor mental health. I love my family and have no wish to be separated from them.

I am also not a rabble rousing racist.

I can’t believe that people would condone the behaviour of anybody who incites violence and death. There are no mitigating circumstances that excuse her lack of humanity. (what could, even in the thoughts of an horrific war where they have lost everything, people show kindness and humanity to their fellow men) and her poor daughter, she will have to live with the consequences. I think people are blinded by the politics, rather than thinking through what she actually said.

She pleaded guilty to a horrible crime ( inciting racial hatred) , for which the maximum sentence is 7 years. She got 30 odd months of which she will serve 40% instead of the usual 50%. She got off lightly!!

She has lost a child; there can't be anything in life worse than that, and yet she could post encouragement to burn people to death - other people's children. This lady must be in quite a state. I hope she is getting some help with these terrible thoughts.

There seems an awful lot of hatred and lack of compassion on this thread.

This was a woman partly triggered by her previous trauma of losing a child.

Tenacious could you explain how losing a child, or any other form of trauma, mitigates posting vile, malicious comments online that incite others to violence?
Personally I can’t see any connection, nor why such a loss should excuse behaviour like Lucy Conolly’s.

She deserves her sentence, no sympathy for her whatsoever.

I'm with this who are concerned about her child growing up in an atmosphere of hatred, and a disregard for the law - " play the mental health card" ..appalling.

Tommy Robinson is in prison for contempt of court therefore different sentencing guidelines.

Tommy Robinson is due for release. Lucy Connolly isn’t. I’m not sure what purpose is served in keeping her in prison. Community service and an education course might be better. The judges can only deal with the law however and she did plead guilty so perhaps that makes the difference. It’s a very sad situation and I do feel sorry for her daughter who is missing her mum.

"It will be very interesting to see what sort of sentence former Labour councillor Ricky Jones gets later in the summer for calling for 'throats cut' of Southport protestors"

Very heavy, we would all hope, of course.