A former childminder who was jailed after posting an online rant about migrants the day of the Southport massacre said she had no idea what she was admitting to.

Lucy Connolly was jailed in October after making sickening comments on X, just hours after homegrown killer Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls and attempted to murder 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29.

The atrocity sparked nationwide unrest, with several people - including Connolly - jailed as a result.

In anger, she had tweeted to her 9,000 followers: '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.'

It was viewed 310,000 times in three-and-a-half hours before Connolly deleted it.