A TORY councillor’s wife jailed for urging rioters to set fire to migrant hotels faces a wait to see if her appeal is successful.

Lucy Connolly told judges she had never intended to incite any violence.

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The mum of three, 41, was jailed for 31 months in October after admitting inciting racial hatred.

Connolly, a former childminder, hit out on X as troubled flared hours after three girls were knifed to death in Southport last July.

She wrote: “Mass deportation now, set fire to all the f***ing hotels full of the b***ds for all I care�?�?�? if that makes me racist, so be it.�?/p>

Connolly, of Northampton, giving evidence from HMP Drake Hall, said when she wrote the post she was “really angry, really upset�?and “distressed those children had died�?

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She deleted it after calming down, and said: “I know that wasn’t an acceptable thing to say.

"When I wrote that there had been no violence and it was never my intention to cause any.�?/p>

The court reserved judgment until a later date.

Husband Raymond, who lost his West Northamptonshire district seat earlier this month but is still a town councillor, said outside court: “I’m hoping this will come to a positive conclusion.�?/p>

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