A woman has appeared in court accused of stirring up racial hatred in a reply to a Facebook story about the storming of a hotel housing asylum seekers.
The 26-year-old appeared at Workington Magistrates’ Court charged with publishing written material that is said to have been threatening, abusive or insulting and intended to stir up racial hatred.
No plea was entered and she is due to appear at Carlisle Crown Court on Wednesday.
The charge relates to a post made on Tuesday, 6 August regarding an attack on a hotel in Rotherham the previous Sunday.
