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Petronella Jackson's avatar

From Lucy’s sentencing, I take the simple reason for the harshness that she is a Tory councillors wife. This sentence has separated her from her child, it’s also affected her husband who is not well. More worrying is, it’s taken her ability to continue her child care business away from her as her DBS will be removed for safeguarding children concerns. I certainly hope this blows up in Starmer and the Labour party’s faces… and the very left judicial system.

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I wish I had been one of the lawyers interviewed by Alison. I would have told her straight that I don’t even believe Lucy committed an offence. I have been a senior prosecutor for donkeys years (including during the Starmer years) and I would have struggled to come to the conclusion that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute. Even if I had concluded there was sufficient evidence, I would then have applied the Code and come to the conclusion that it was not in the public interest to charge her. At most, I may have considered a caution. There were so many mitigating factors against prosecution. I always balance words used against the need for freedom of speech. I think it’s a pretty high bar. She wasn’t directing people to burn anything down, she simply said she didn’t care if they did. Quite frankly, she is allowed to voice that opinion. It is not, and nor should it be a crime.

I am in no doubt that Lucy is a political prisoner. I am shocked she was prosecuted, disgusted that the Bail Act was not applied (she was not a bail risk) and still traumatised at the length of her sentence. And just when I could feel no more anger and shame, I learn she is being refused leave to return for home visits.

This was the first time I have witnessed lawfare; every aspect of the criminal justice system was acting in unison against its own citizens. It came from Starmer to the judges and it trickled down to the police and DPP. Both actively made announcements that they were coming for us; it may be days, weeks or months, but rest assured, they were coming.

Lucy should not have been charged, and she certainly should have been bailed and ought to have received a conditional discharge or suspended sentence.

I would just like to tell Lucy I’m sorry. I’m sorry she was the one the state chose to make an example of, and continues to make an example of. I just hope that she is strong enough to see her sentence through. I want her to know, we do not believe her to be racist. She felt like the rest of us. And when she comes out, we will all wrap our arms around her and her family. We will make it better.

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