Tory councillor's wife arrested over 'racial hatred' amid UK riots

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Tory councillor's wife arrested over 'racial hatred' amid UK riots
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Childminder Lucie Connolly, who works in Northamptonshire, is alleged to have said rioting thugs should set fire to all migrant hotels.

The child worker allegedly called for mass deportations before concluding her social media post with "if that makes me racist, so be it."

In the aftermath of the deaths, riots have taken place in England and Northern Ireland with thugs attacking police and smashing up neighbourhoods. Hotels housing migrants and asylum seekers were also targeted and set alight during tense moments in Rotherham and Tamworth over the weekend. In a Monday statement, Childcare.co.uk said it had suspended a childminder from advertising on its website.

Her husband Raymond, a vice chair of the committee on adult social care at West Northamptonshire Council, told the BBC Connolly was not racist as she looked after "Somalian and Bangladeshi kids." Raymond added his wife's comment was one "stupid, spur of the moment tweet out of frustration and quickly deleted it."

Top news stories today MailOnline reported Connolly later apologised in a Tuesday social media post, adding: "I regret and apologise for a recent post that I made. Acting on information that I now know to be false and malicious, and in a moment of extreme outrage and emotion, I posted words that I realise were wrong in every way.

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