Tory councillor’s wife is jailed for 31 months after urging rioters to ‘set fire to all the migrant hotels’ in vile rant

A TORY councillor's woman has been jailed aft urging rioters to acceptable occurrence to migrant hotels successful a vile-mouthed societal media rant.

Lucy Connolly posted the sick comments connected her X relationship conscionable hours aft three girls were knifed to decease successful Southport, Merseyside.

The 41-year-old childminder wrote: "Mass deportation now, acceptable occurrence to each the f****** hotels afloat of the b******* for each I care...

"If that makes maine racist, truthful beryllium it."

She has present been jailed for 31 months aft admitting publishing threatening oregon abusive worldly intending to disturbance up radical hatred.

Connolly shared a telephone to arms pursuing the deaths of Bebe King, six, nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, successful Southport connected July 29.

Posts wrongly claimed suspect Axel Rudakubana was a Muslim asylum seeker erstwhile helium was really calved successful Cardiff and raised Christian.

Riots erupted crossed the state arsenic thugs clashed with police and targeted hotels lodging asylum seekers.

After her post, Connolly sent a WhatsApp joking it had "bitten maine connected the a**e, lol".

She besides said if she were to get arrested implicit it, she would "play the intelligence wellness card".

Connolly is joined to Raymond Connolly, who is Conservative vice seat of the committee connected big societal attraction astatine West Northamptonshire Council.

He defended his woman aft she pleaded blameworthy past period - saying the lawsuit had been "traumatic" for her and their 3 children.

Mr Connolly revealed their lad died successful 2012 aft a bid of NHS blunders truthful erstwhile his woman sees immoderate kid get harmed, "she volition footwear off".

The councillor besides branded Connolly was "an upset housewife" and "just a mediate aged mother" who got dragged into the concern by misinformation spreading online.

He added: "The worldly I perceive is not truly Lucy, she's astir apt the other of what she's having to admit to but she knows she's overstepped the people and there's consequences for it," helium said.

"Hopefully she'll beryllium capable to larn from this and determination connected with her life."

Connolly besides tried to marque a U-turn connected her vile comments - claiming she was acting connected "false and malicious" information.

But the Crown Prosecution Service said she told constabulary she did not similar immigrants successful her custody interview.

Frank Ferguson, caput of the CPS peculiar crime and antagonistic terrorism unit, said: “During constabulary interrogation Lucy Connolly stated she had beardown views connected immigration, told officers she did not similar immigrants and claimed that children were not harmless from them.

"It is not an offence to person beardown oregon differing governmental views, but it is an offence to incite radical hatred – and that is what Connolly has admitted doing.

"The prosecution lawsuit included grounds which showed that racist tweets were sent retired from Mrs Connolly’s X relationship some successful the weeks and months earlier the Southport attacks – arsenic good arsenic successful the days after.

"Connolly wrongly thought that she could flight justness by hiding down a screen, but contiguous she has pleaded blameworthy and admitted her crime. She volition present look the consequences of her actions."