A housewife accused of sparking the Southport riots is no longer being investigated by the police. Bernadette Spofforth was alleged to be one of the first people to share the incorrect name of the suspected knifeman in the attack, in which three young girls killed.

A woman will face no further action after sharing a fake name of the alleged 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’.

Bernadette Spofforth is alleged to have fired off a tweet on social media site X, f ormerly known as Twitter, wrongly claiming the stabbing suspect was an asylum seeker who came to the UK by boat hours after the three girls were killed.

A Chester businesswoman who was arrested after sharing a fake name for the Southport attacker online will face no further action, it has been confirmed.

A woman has described living through a 'nightmare' after being arrested for sharing a fake name for the Southport attack suspect. Bernadette Spofforth, from Cheshire, allegedly published misinformation on social media which claimed the suspect was an asylum seeker who had come to the UK by boat.

Bernadette Spofforth was arrested at her Chester home in August on suspicion of publishing written material to stir up racial hatred and false communications.

Police drop case against businesswoman arrested for sharing fake name of Southport attacker - Bernadette Spofforth, 55, said she and her family had lived through a nightmare since her arrest

Police have dropped the case against a woman arrested for sharing false information about the identity of the Southport stabbing suspect.