Ex-Tory councillor’s wife Lucy Connolly jailed for tweeting ‘set fire to all migrant hotels’ faces wait over appeal

A TORY councillor’s wife jailed for urging rioters to set fire to migrant hotels faces a wait to see if her appeal is successful.

yesterday told judges she had never intended to incite any violence.

The mum of three, 41, after admitting inciting racial hatred.

Connolly, a former childminder, hit out on X as troubled flared hours after

She wrote: “Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f***ing hotels full of the b***ds for all I care . . . if that makes me racist, so be it.”;;

Connolly, of , giving evidence from HMP Drake Hall, said when she wrote the post she was “really angry, really upset”;; and “distressed those children had died”;;.

She deleted it after calming down, and said: “I know that wasn’t an acceptable thing to say.

“When I wrote that there had been no violence and it was never my intention to cause any.”;;

The court reserved judgment until a later date.

Husband Raymond, who lost his West Northamptonshire district seat earlier this month but is still a town councillor, said outside : “I’m hoping this will come to a positive conclusion.”;;

Lucy Connolly, jailed for urging rioters to set fire to migrant hotels, faces a wait to see if her appeal is successful