'Upset housewife': Woman married to Tory councillor admits stirring up racial hatred after Southport stabbings

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The wife of a Tory councillor has pleaded guilty to publishing written material to stir up racial hatred following the Southport stabbings.

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Published 2 weeks ago -  00:27
Councillor says wife’s hate messages were out of character
Conservative Councillor Raymond Connolly says social media messages sent by his wife which stirred up racial hatred were out of character, insisting “she is not that person”. Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court to a charge of inciting racial hatred by publishing and distributing "threatening or abusive" written material on X, formerly Twitter. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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