Lucy is free!
UK mother Lucy Connolly has been released from prison after she was slapped with ‘the longest prison sentence for a single social media post’.
This development is likely connected to recent pressure from the US Donald J. Trump administration that is looking into British free-speech crackdown.
The Telegraph reported:
“Connolly, 42, left HMP Peterborough, a mixed men’s and women’s prison, with muted fanfare on Thursday after serving more than 300 days in prison. She was jailed last year for 31 months over a comment made in the wake of the Southport attack.”
Because senseless attacks by migrants have become so tragically common in the UK and in Europe in general, it bears reminding that Axel Rudakubana attacked a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport a year aqo, murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine years old, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven.
Rudakubana also tried to kill eight other children and the class instructor.
BREAKING: Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to a full life time in custody. The judge said it is ‘highly likely’ he will NEVER be released. pic.twitter.com/ZEOoNaM6zl
— Paul Golding (@GoldingBF) January 23, 2025
During Ms. Connely time in prison, she was reportedly ‘manhandled without provocation’ by guards.
“Connolly was jailed for a post she made on X in the aftermath of the Southport killings on July 29 last year, during a period of rising public tension fueled by outrage about the murders and concern over illegal immigration.
In the post, she called for mass deportations and to ‘set fire to all the f—— hotels full of the b——- for all I care, while you’re at it, take the treacherous government [&] politicians with them’.”
She deleted the post four hours later.
“After her appeal was rejected [in May], Mr. Connolly said: ‘I think the system wanted to make an example of Lucy so other people would be scared to say things about immigration’.”
Ms. Connolly’s lengthy sentence shocked politicians such as PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
“She also won the backing of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and owner of X, who accused Britain of operating a ‘two-tier’ justice system.”
Two Tier Keir
No justice for severe, violent crimes, but prison for social media posts pic.twitter.com/QcK4o74Yla
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025
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