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Lucy Connolly to Meet Trump Officials After Release, Plans Legal Challenge to Police

Her post-release push places her case within a wider UK free-speech dispute highlighted by a recent US State Department report.

Ray Connolly, supporters and legal team outside the Royal Court of Justice ahead of his wife Lucy Connolly's bid to appeal against her 31 months sentencing on the 15th of May 2025, London, United Kingdom. Lucy Connolly was found guilty of inciting racial hatred after posting a tweet calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire and a later tweet calling for mass deportation in July 2024. (photo by Kristian Buus/In Pictures via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Connolly, 42, said she will meet Trump administration officials today to discuss free speech following her release from prison.
  • She was freed from HMP Peterborough on licence after serving about 40% of a 31-month sentence for a 2024 X post that incited racial hatred against asylum seekers.
  • She has described herself as a political prisoner and says she is considering legal action over police and CPS summaries of her interview, which she claims misrepresented her words.
  • CPS statements said she told officers she did not like immigrants, later specified as illegal immigrants, while Northamptonshire Police said they plan to contact her about her concerns.
  • Her appeal to reduce the sentence was dismissed in May, and a recent US State Department assessment cited serious restrictions on expression in the UK following the Southport attack.