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The 42-year-old was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers online in the aftermath of the Southport murders last year.

Lucy Connolly, jailed for inciting violence against asylum-seeker hotels on X, has been released after serving 40% of her sentence, reigniting debate over free speech and hate crime laws in the UK.

Connolly, who was jailed for inciting racial hatred online following the Southport attacks, has been released from prison.

She was jailed over social media posts in the wake of the Southport terror attack.

The Tory councillor’s wife was released from prison on Thursday after being sentenced last year to 31 months in custody

Ricky Jones was filmed speaking at anti-racism rally after last summer’s far-right riots that followed Southport murders

Ricky Jones faced trial accused of encouraging violent disorder at an anti-racism rally in the wake of the Southport murders.

In today’s newsletter: From peaceful demonstrations to political strategy, recent arrests reveal how the battle for key voters ​seems to be the biggest influence on the way the law is enforced

Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’

Recent protests at asylum hotels in Epping, Essex, have prompted calls from the hotel’s residents for something rare in UK migration debates: understanding. This is something that has been clearly lacking in the conversations fuelling anti-immigrant protests, from Southport in summer 2024 to Ballymena in Northern Ireland and Essex this…

Foreign secretary had failed to secure a rod licence before hosting US vice-president at his official residence in Kent