UK Politician’s wife jailed for X post gets appeal date

May 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM

The wife of a UK politician who was jailed after she posted an online rant about migrants is due to have her appeal against the sentence heard on Thursday.

Lucy Connolly, from Northampton, posted on X that hotels housing asylum seekers should be set on fire on the day three girls were stabbed to death at a holiday club in Southport.

She was jailed for two years and seven months, but launched a challenge to the sentence.

Her case will be heard on Thursday (BBC)