Lucy Connolly has been mistreated by prison officers who have handcuffed and stripped her of privileges, Richard Tice has claimed.
Reform UK's deputy leader claimed Connolly was 'manhandled without provocation' after visiting her today at HMP Peterborough, where she is serving a 31-month sentence for posting a racist tweet in the wake of the Southport attacks.
The former childminder, who is the wife of Tory councillor Ray Connolly, posted an online rant about migrants hours after Axel Rudakubana murdered three young girls in Southport on July 29 last year.
Her sentence, which she unsuccessfully appealed last month, has been criticised for being too harsh by senior politicians including former PM Boris Johnson and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
Mr Tice has even proposed a bill - named 'Lucy's Bill' - which would allow people to mount mass appeals against punishments they deem to be too severe or lenient.
