Hardened criminals come in many shapes and sizes. But, on the face of it, Lucy Connolly appears very far removed from anybody's idea of a thuggish jailbird.
Hardened criminals come in many shapes and sizes. But, on the face of it, Lucy Connolly appears very far removed from anybody’s idea of a thuggish jailbird.
Until recently, the 42-year-old childminder lived a pretty unremarkable life. Each morning, toddlers would be dropped off in her charge at her pleasant 1930s semi on a tree-lined avenue in a Northampton suburb and she would watch over them as they played in the garden.
If the penal system is being recruited to treat a particular prisoner harshly to cover up the state’s failings then that is…
Roughly handcuffed, she was bundled to another wing housing violent inmates and treated so forcefully that she was left in agony.
A year on from the Southport massacre, the childminder who dared to express her anger over immigration is still in jail
In her first interview since her release, the childminder reveals her anger towards Keir Starmer and her plans to reform the…
The length of the childminder’s sentence raises questions when compared with those given to other more serious criminals
Reform UK's deputy leader made the claims after visiting Ms Connolly today at HMP Peterborough, where she is serving a 31-month…
