Barrister Steven Barrett has declared he is "embarrassed for his country" after jailed mother Lucy Connolly had her 31-month jail sentence appeal dismissed by the court.
Connolly was imprisoned last October after posting on social media that hotels housing asylum seekers should be "set on fire".
The Court of Appeal ruled today that there was "no arguable basis" that her original sentence was "manifestly excessive" and refused her application to appeal against it.
During last week's appeal hearing, Connolly appeared via video link and told judges she was "really angry, really upset" and "distressed that those children had died" in the Southport attacks last summer when she shared her post.
Barrister Steven Barrett has hit out at the dismissal of Lucy Connolly's sentencing appeal
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Discussing Connolly's case on GB News, Barrister Steven Barrett claimed it is "very difficult" to not "reach the conclusion" that it is "two-tier justice" for her.
Barrett told host Martin Daubney: "The judges went to a particularly extreme degree to try and paint Lucy Connolly as racist.
"They highlighted two of her tweets, which don't strike me as particularly racist, and they dismissed out of hand every piece of evidence that she gave.
"She's a woman of good character, prior to this one incident. She's not charged with a dishonesty offence, nobody thinks that she lies, so why her evidence was dismissed so categorically is beyond me."
Noting a similar case of being jailed for an online post, Barrett higlighted that an illegal migrant who entered Britain was jailed for just "nine months" for "calling for the death and the killing of Jews".
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Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty to inciting racial hatred last year after making a social media post about migrants on the day of Axel Rudakubana's murders
XHe added: "I note that a Palestinian man who came here illegally was given nine months for supporting Hamas, a terrorist proscribed organisation, and for calling for the death and the killing of Jews, which seems to me far more serious, far more intense than this mother could have ever intended.
"They have basically deemed her racist and they've decided that that is the ultimate moral sin. Perhaps it is in their world.
"We now have a Labour supporting establishment, and it is their inherent moral evil that the minute you can get painted as a racist, even though you're obviously not a racist, you become a second rate citizen."
Expressing his "disappointment" and "embarrassment" on behalf of the judges who dismissed Connolly's appeal, Barrett declared that he is "disgraced" by the decision.
He told GB News: "On a technical level of their ability to interpret words, I'm disappointed in these judges. It's a very declarative judgment. I don't think they explain themselves at all.
Barrett told host Martin Daubney: 'The judges went to a particularly extreme degree to try and paint Lucy Connolly as racist'
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"They hide behind the modern technique of writing a judgment, which is to put in endless, entirely pointless words that nobody needs."
In a pointed attack on Britain's justice system, he concluded: "I am embarrassed and ashamed for my country. This is patently ridiculous. We have become a country full of laws and no justice.
"I don't think anybody of any political persuasion wants this mum languishing in prison, yet there she languishes. If the judges think that this vindicates them in any way, then they are much mistaken.
"I am disgraced on their behalf. I am embarrassed to have them as members of the judiciary for my country."
