No charge over spreading of Southport misinformation

Ms Spofforth said her crime was “sharing a tweet which I deleted and apologised for sharing as soon I realised it contained inaccurate information”.

She said: “As has now been shown, the idea that one single tweet could be the catalyst for the riots which followed the atrocities in Southport is simply not true.”

She said despite “repeatedly insisting I’d done nothing illegal” police “dragged” her from her home and held her for 36 hours in a cell.

Ms Spofforth added: “What I’ve experienced over the past few weeks is nothing in comparison to the suffering of the tragic victims in Southport. And I’m not trying to compare the two.

“But I am just an ordinary person with ordinary opinions and I think it’s important that the public should know how ordinary people can be treated.

“The nightmare my family and I have lived through over the past month could happen to anyone. And in Britain in 2024 that’s unacceptable.”