Got to admit.....if I were a Border Force Officer....I'd be thinking....

 

**** it, what's the point?

This was totally expected. off scot free.

 

For jail time in the uk, you need to write hurty words on Facebook

Now days.

Lucy Connolly, 31 months jail.

All part of Broken Britain.

 

1 minute ago, quake said:

This was totally expected.

For jail time in the uk, you need to write hurty words on Facebook

Now days.

Lucy Connolly, 31 months jail.

All part of Broken Britain.

 

 

 

Too right.....and don't forget....it is two years jail if a man so much as gives a woman a sideways glance.

 

 

Did she sleep with the judge? 

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Wow.

 

No jail for smuggling 49 kg of drugs.

 

2 years 8 months for a social media post that was taken down 2 hours later.

 

What a joke British justice has become. 

Yes, the social media post was inciting  arson.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yes, the social media post was inciting  arson.

 

 

 

No it wasn't. 

37 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yes, the social media post was inciting  arson.

 

 

 

can you post it then?

15 minutes ago, proton said:

 

can you post it then?

 

He can post it, for all I care.

 

Oh sorry, according to Chomper that is incitement to posting. 😄

48 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

He can post it, for all I care.

 

Oh sorry, according to Chomper that is incitement to posting. 😄

Since when did the truth bother you?

 

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Since when did the truth bother you?

 

 

Waiting for the truth then

1 hour ago, proton said:

 

can you post it then?

 
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/R-v-Lucy-Connolly.pdf

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Pictures courtesy of Manchester Evening News
 

A British woman narrowly avoided a prison sentence after attempting to smuggle nearly 50 kilogrammes of cannabis into the UK from Thailand. On April 5, a judge questioned Lauren Martin's judgement after discovering the massive stash at Manchester Airport.

 

Border Force officers stopped Martin upon her return from Thailand, where she insisted her luggage contained only clothes. However, officials discovered 31 vacuum-sealed bags of cannabis, weighing a staggering 49 kilogrammes.

 

Prosecutor Elizabeth Walker revealed that Martin claimed to have met two people in Thailand who asked her to carry clothes back. Believing this request to be harmless, she allegedly didn’t check the contents of the suitcase.

 

At 31, Martin had been relying on Universal Credit and was under a curfew from 7 pm to 7 am as she awaited sentencing. Her defence lawyer, Betsy Hindle, highlighted her vulnerabilities and manipulation by others.

 

Judge Paul Lawton expressed disbelief at her actions, stating, “Bringing 49 kilos of cannabis is serious, and I’m skeptical of claims there was no incentive.” Despite this, he acknowledged her naivety and external pressures.

 

Judge Lawton acknowledged the seriousness of the crime but considered Martin to be capable of reform. Consequently, she received a 12-month prison sentence that was suspended for two years, along with a requirement to complete 100 hours of unpaid work. Martin had earlier admitted to charges of fraudulent evasion concerning a class B drug.

 

Martin's case underscores the dangers of naivety and manipulation in drug smuggling schemes. The judge's decision reflects both the seriousness of drug offenses and the potential for rehabilitation.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Thaiger 2025-07-25

 

 

Not even business class get 49 kg of luggage allowance

Please , she got away with it this time, listed by the Kingdom??

 

4 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I agree she got off lightly, but as UK jails are full-to-overflowing, non-violent first offences are unlikely to get jail time.

So is cutting down a tree a violent crime?

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers,  were sentenced to four years and three months in prison for felling the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England, in September 2023.

22 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/R-v-Lucy-Connolly.pdf

 

Did I incite you to do that? 😄

9 hours ago, webfact said:

British Woman Caught Smuggling 49kg of Cannabis from Thailand into the UK Avoids Jail

 

a judge questioned Lauren Martin's judgement

maybe that judge needs his judgement questioned...

5 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

inciting violent disorder, yes, the penalty was harsh, yet I do think all crimes should get a tougher sentence as that is the only way people learn, plus in certain crimes if not from England originally then deported back to your original country regardless of if you fear for your life back from where you come from.

 

Love the law in Australia, "if a non-citizen is sentenced to 12 months or more imprisonment, or if they are convicted of certain serious crimes like those of a sexual nature involving a minor, their visa can be mandatorily cancelled, leading to deportation. Additionally, even for crimes not carrying a mandatory cancellation, the Minister for Immigration has the discretion to cancel a visa based on character grounds, which could also result in deportation".  

Yes that's the law but the gutless labour ministers of immigration are too weak to apply it.When the liberal party was in power they sent hundreds  of the crims..bikies drug dealers , rapists etc.back to New Zealand which upset their prime minister no end but that did not deter them.

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Not really. Another tweet speculating about the nationality of someone caught masturbating in public, and another one enquiring whether the pro refugee protestors would be prepared to take one into their own house.

 

Very poorly worded with a few expletives. I'd go as far as to say it was quite rude. But not worthy of multiple years in jail. Anyone with a belief in freedom of speech and freedom of thought would surely agree. 

The maximum sentence was 7 years, so she got off relatively lightly!  I do agree, that the climate at the time because of the Southport murders, meant that the judge was likely harder than he could have been.  In fact his comments suggest this ("… namely, the timing of the publication, when there was obviously a particularly sensitive social climate. It would be difficult to think of a more sensitive such time than during the evening 29 July this year.”).

 

1 hour ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

So is cutting down a tree a violent crime?

Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers,  were sentenced to four years and three months in prison for felling the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England, in September 2023.

Violence against trees?  I agree it was a harsh sentence.

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

She said do it "for all I care". Meaning she doesn't care if they do it or not.

Much less than this has resulted in jail-sentences.  Stating the obvious is a crime. 

In the USA, these truths are usually stifled via lawfare, vs criminal charges, due to our 1st Amendment being "in the way" of the (same) nation-destroying ruling elite.

And don't even DARE talk about those who are pushing these policies, and their stated motivations (many on video) for doing so.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/R-v-Lucy-Connolly.pdf

 

Seemed like a reasonable comment, considering the scale of the problem, the cost and the risk illegals pose. She did not actually call for people to set fire to hotels with illegals inside, hurty words so had to make an example of her.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Martin's case underscores the dangers of naivety and manipulation in drug smuggling schemes. The judge's decision reflects both the seriousness of drug offenses and the potential for rehabilitation.

 

The only naivety and manipulation I see here is of the judge.

 

She's on the bloody dole. She'll be down the Nag's Head tonight, slamming shots and gobbing off about her great adventure.

 

The airport narcs would have been better off quietly flagging her and her bags, letting her pass through and then arrest whoever came to collect their "clothing" from her.

9 hours ago, TedG said:

But, he she had posted a mean tweet, he would tossed the book at her. 

 

Or black.

6 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Am I reading this wrong, or is this lady who relies on universal credit taking holiday vacations to exotic locations?

 

And paying excess baggage rates at check-in

Right. That hefty sentence will definitely deter any future smugglers….

3 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yes, the social media post was inciting  arson.

 

 

 

"Arson - there's a lot of arson about..."

Russ Abbott 

21 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Yes, the social media post was inciting  arson.

 

 

Who did she incite?

2 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Who did she incite?

Lucy Connelly or the cannabis smuggler?  Assuming the former, you might remember there were riots in many cities at the time, with threats being made to burn down places where asylum seekers were staying.  

On 7/25/2025 at 11:25 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

Yes, the social media post was inciting  arson.

 

 

No it wasn't!

4 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Who did she incite?

Good question? Nobody knows!

Another excellent incentive to live off benefits and the proceeds of crime handed down by our pathetic judiciary.

 

Britain is truly broken held together by sticking plaster, a shrinking percentage of people who do the right thing and borrowing from future generations.