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Tory councillor’s wife jailed over social media riot post

18 October 2024

2:57 AM

18 October 2024

2:57 AM

The wife of a Tory councillor has been jailed for 31 months over a social media post during the riots. Lucy Connolly, married to Raymond Connolly on the West Northamptonshire Council, took to social media in July with some rather controversial words in the wake of the killing of three children in Southport.

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