The 42-year-old babysitter was sentenced to 31 months in prison in October 2024 for inciting racial hate. On July 29, 2024, the day of the Southport tragedy in which three young girls were stabbed to death by a teenager, she posted a tweet calling for “mass deportations now” and urging her thousands of online followers to “set fire to all the… hotels [housing asylum seekers].” The Northampton resident, married to a Conservative city councilor, was reacting to a rumor – which turned out to be false – blaming the attack on an asylum seeker
