Northampton wife of Conservative councillor at court over racial hatred
It follows a post on social media
Lucy Connolly, the wife of a Conservative Party councillor, has appeared in court accused of publishing an X post stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers.
Connolly's husband, West Northamptonshire councillor Raymond Connolly, watched from the public gallery in courtroom four at Northampton Crown Court as she was remanded in custody by Judge Adrienne Lucking KC.
The 41-year-old childminder, of Parkfield Avenue, Northampton, will reappear at the same court on September 2.
Connolly appeared in the dock wearing light blue jeans and a sleeveless green top for the 11-minute hearing and was not required to enter a plea to a charge of publishing threatening or abusive material intending to stir up racial hatred.