No charge for woman arrested for sharing fake name of Southport attacker as UK riots broke out
Bernadette Spofforth is alleged to have fired off a tweet on social media site X, f ormerly known as Twitter, wrongly ...
Sky3d
Woman arrested after sharing false claims about Southport stabbing suspect has case dropped
Bernadette Spofforth was arrested at her Chester home in August on suspicion of publishing written material to stir up racial hatred and false communications. In the hours after the killing of the ...
PA Media on MSN1d
Woman arrested over Southport attacker posts defended at Reform conference
Panellists at the Reform conference have defended a woman who was arrested after sharing a fake name for the Southport attacker online, and criticised the “weaponisation” of free speech.
The Irish News3d
No charge for woman arrested for sharing fake name of Southport attacker
Bernadette Spofforth, 55, was arrested on August 8 after reposting the fake name, commenting that if it were true there would be “hell to pay”. She later deleted the post and apologised after ...
The Independent4d
No charge for woman arrested for sharing fake name of Southport attacker as UK riots broke out
Bernadette Spofforth is alleged to have fired off a tweet on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, wrongly claiming the stabbing suspect was an asylum seeker who came to the UK by boat ...
BBC3d
No charge over spreading of Southport misinformation
Bernadette Spofforth, from Chester ... wrongly suggested the attacker was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat last year. Cheshire Police said: "A woman who was arrested in relation ...
Daily Mail3d
Businesswoman accused of sparking Southport riots by being first person to spread false name of suspected knifeman speaks out as police drop case
Bernadette Spofforth, 55, was held on suspicion of stirring ... False information that the suspect was 'an asylum seeker who came to the UK by boat last year and was on an MI6 watch list' spread ...
The Daily Telegraph3d
Businesswoman accused of sparking Southport riots has police case dropped
Bernadette Spofforth was alleged to be one of the first ... dance class was an asylum seeker who had recently arrived in the UK by boat. The false accusation, promoted across social media by ...
The Sun3d
Millionaire mum arrested after posting conspiracy theory that sparked Southport riots faces no further action
Spofforth is understood to have written: “Ali Al-Shakati was the suspect, he was an asylum seeker who came to the UK by boat last year and was on an MI6 watch list. "If this is true ...