'This is about two-tier justice!' Carole Malone delivers scathing verdict on Lucy Connolly prison release

WATCH NOW: Carole Malone reacts to Lucy Connolly being released from prison after nine months

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Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 21/08/2025

- 13:12

Lucy Connolly was jailed for 31 months for a tweet about last year's Southport attacks

Lucy Connolly's imprisonment and subsequent release after nine months is a result of "two-tier justice", Carole Malone declared on GB News.

Ms Malone said she hopes Mrs Connolly "does dozens of interviews and shames Keir Starmer and this Government for what happened".


Mrs Connolly was handed a 31-month prison sentence in October after sharing a post on social media about migrant hotels.

The post read: "Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f****** hotels full of the b****** for all I care... if that makes me racist so be it."

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Carole Malone has hit out at 'two-tier justice' following the release of Lucy Connolly

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Defending the 42-year-old, Ms Malone told GB News: "The point of the story is that Lucy Connolly's jailing, it's about the two tier justice that operates in this country.

"Absolutely everyone has condemned what she said, but she said it in the heat of the moment. Her own child died in very tragic circumstances, her 19-month old baby, and she was incensed and angry and upset when the little girls from Southport were murdered."

Arguing that Mrs Connolly was imprisoned to make a "political statement", Ms Malone added: "But she realised immediately what she said, and everyone says things they don't mean and should be given the chance to delete it.

"Keir Starmer has actually said that should be the case, but she got banged up to make a political point because Starmer was raging about the far-right."

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Hitting back at Ms Malone, commentator Jonathan Lis argued that Mrs Connolly "pleaded guilty", and so "that is the punishment she received".

He explained: "But if you plead guilty to that offence, that is the punishment you receive, now you could argue about how the punishment works, but that is it according to guidelines.

"There is a difference though, because if you are directly inciting violence, I think that should be a crime, but if you are saying that something could happen for all you care, I think that's different."

Claiming that Mrs Connolly was "coerced" into pleading guilty, Ms Malone stated: "You would have heard the stories about how she was coerced into pleading guilty. She was told, they were all told, the people who pleaded guilty that the courts would go easy on them.

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Jonathan Lis argued that 'justice was not served' by jailing Mrs Connolly

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"They had no idea this was gonna happen, but I'm very much hoping when Lucy Connolly comes out, she shames Starmer and I hope she goes on every talk show, does dozens of interviews and shames Starmer and this Government for what happened."

Delivering his verdict on Mrs Connolly's sentencing, Mr Lis concluded that "justice was not served" by putting her in prison.

He told GB News: "She pleaded guilty and she was given a sentence that was appropriate for that crime, but I do not think that justice was served by putting her in prison. I do not think that she should have been jailed.

"I think that in similar circumstances where someone tweets something completely vile, which I absolutely loathe and reject in every way, they should be certainly kicked off all social media platforms, given police cautions, and if they have deleted the tweet swiftly, I think that should be taken into consideration."

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