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Woman arrested after sharing false claims about Southport stabbing suspect has case dropped

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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 three children, the 55-year-old incorrectly named the suspect and claimed he was an asylum seeker who arrived on a boat and was on a terror watch list.

Cheshire Police confirmed the case had been dropped due to "insufficient evidence".

VR Score

48

Informative language

36

Neutral language

65

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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