Bernadette Spofforth speaks out on GB News after being held for 36 hours in police custody for a social media post: 'I was treated like a terrorist'

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Bernadette Spofforth speaks out on GB News after being held for 36 hours in police custody for a social media post: 'I was treated like a terrorist'.

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A woman who was held in police custody for 36 hours over a social media post has told GB News she was treated "like a terrorist".Speaking to Patrick Christys, Bernadette Spofforth opened up on her "horrendous" ordeal and how she now "lives in fear" of being arrested for another social media post.In August 2024, public disorder erupted across parts of the country following the brutal murders of three young girls at a dance class in Southport, of course, by Axel Rudakubana.

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Police were criticised for withholding key details about the attacker, creating an information vacuum in which false claims about the perpetrator spread rapidly online.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Bernadette Spofforth was dragged from her home by police and held in a cell for 36 hours on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred, after sharing the wrong name of the attacker online.

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Despite deleting the post as soon as she realised the information was incorrect, it took a month before she was cleared of any...

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