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Lucy Connolly’s situation is not just objectionable; it’s a stark example of injustice that needs rectifying. It’s deeply unsettling when legal systems meant to uphold justice instead become complicit in its denial. Though I am not personally connected to this case, the sheer unfairness compels action.
We often hear the phrase ‘justice delayed is justice denied’, and it rings painfully true when examining Lucy Connolly’s predicament. Her continued detention represents a miscarriage of justice that cannot go unchallenged. Lucy is not a criminal, yet the conditions surrounding her arrest and ongoing incarceration tell a story otherwise.
A close look at her case reveals numerous legal inconsistencies and procedural errors. Fundamental rights seem to have been overlooked, and decisions made without a thorough evaluation of facts. This highlights the urgent need for a re-evaluation of the legal proceedings that led to her detention. Mistakes in this case not only tarnish the legal system’s integrity but also strip away Lucy’s basic freedoms.
Understanding Lucy’s daily struggles and the psychological toll imposed by her unjust confinement shares a glimmer of what injustice truly feels like. Her family stands by, helpless, watching a loved one suffer due to systemic failures.
We urge the authorities to review Lucy Connolly's case with utmost transparency and urgency. This appeal isn’t merely a request but a demand for Lucy’s immediate release, thereby restoring faith in a system that is supposed to protect, not harm. These errors must be addressed, and those responsible held accountable to prevent future injustices.
Lucy deserves her freedom — and we must ensure she returns to a life of normalcy without any further delay. Sign the petition to support Lucy Connolly's immediate release. Change online article, ‘Demand Immediate Release of Lucy Connolly’
A Conservative councillor's wife who was jailed for inciting racial hatred after an online rant against migrants on the day of the Southport attacks has had her appeal against her sentence dismissed.
Lucy Connolly, from Northampton, was jailed for 31 months in October after calling for ‘mass deportation now’ and urging her followers on X to ‘set fire’ to hotels housing asylum seekers.
The tweet was viewed 310,000 times before it was deleted.
Her husband Ray, a member of Northampton Town Council, said he was ‘heartbroken’ that the Court of Appeal had ruled that ‘there is no arguable basis on which it could be said that the sentence imposed by the judge was manifestly excessive’.
Connolly posted the swearword-ridden message on 29 July 2024 – the day three girls were murdered at a dance class in Southport.
While calling for ‘mass deportations now’, the 41-year-old childminder wrote: ‘If that makes me racist, so be it’
She urged readers to ‘set fire’ to ‘all the hotels’ that were ‘full’ of those she wished to deport
The post had been deleted before Connolly was arrested on 6 August but it had already been viewed 310,000 times.
She was jailed at Birmingham Crown Court after pleading guilty to inciting racial hatred and told that she would serve 40% of her sentence in prison before being released on licence.
Giving a written judgment, extermal on Tuesday, three Court of Appeal judges said Connolly's principal ground of appeal ‘was substantially based on a version of events put forward by the applicant which we have rejected’. BBC online article 20 May 2025, 'Woman jailed for race hate post on X loses appeal'