'Inexplicable': Just why do authorities refuse to release this mother imprisoned for her moment of madness 'racist' Southport tweet?

'Inexplicable': Just why do authorities refuse to release this mother imprisoned for her moment of madness 'racist' Southport tweet?

The jail term imposed on a childminder has been held up as an example of so-called 'two-tier policing'. So should Lucy Connolly be freed?

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