Father Ted writer Graham Linehan arrives at court for trial accused of harassing trans woman and damaging her phone

Father Ted Creator Graham Linehan came to the court hearing, accused of harassing a transsexual woman and damaging her phone days after the arrest of social media tasks.

The author came to the Westminster Magistrate Criminal Court shortly before the doors opened at 9 am this morning behind the television strokes such as Father Ted, CT crowd and homeland.

Wearing a gray suit and a white shirt, she smiled for the photographers and posed. The comedy writer posed on one side wearing a poster that says ‘hold men from women’s sports’, and on the other side there is no such thing as “transsexual child”.

Supporters were ready, including Lord Young of the Free Speech Association.

Three days ago, a supporter said with a reference to the arrest of Heathrow at the beginning of this week at the beginning of this week.

Linehan was captured by five armed guards when arriving at the airport and allowed the social media to accuse a heavy approach to policing the social media.

Today’s case is related to the separate allegations that Linehan harassed by Trans woman Sophia Brooks by publishing malicious comments about her on social media between 11 October and October 27 last year.

He is also accused of damaging his mobile phone on 27 October last year on the value of £ 369.

Linehan wore a poster out of the court gates this morning and ‘Keep men away from women’s sports’

Father Ted Creator smiled for the photographers wearing a gray suit and a white shirt.

Linehan, before today’s hearing, the Southwest US state in the state of Arizona Scottdale’daki returned to England when he returned to England on Twitter was detained by the police accused of provoking violence at the beginning of this week hit headlines.

His arrest was based on a series of tweets published in April.

One of the messages said: ‘If a man in a trans-menu is only in a field for women, he takes a violent, abusive action. Make a scene, call the cops, and if everything else fails, punch him to the balls. ‘

Another was a photograph of a trans-Rights protest, with a ‘a photo you can smell’, a tracking article: ‘I hate them. Female enemy and homophobes. F *** Em. ‘

Linehan said that the blood pressure should be taken to the hospital after the arrest for swinging. He was later discharged from the hospital and was released by the police on bail waiting for more investigations.

Conservative Leading Kemi Badenoch said that Linehan’s arrest showed that ‘free speech values ​​armed the law and slowly worn by people who use it for a small fight’.

Today’s Daily Mail wrote and said: ‘The whole episode reveals serious questions. What does someone say about our country that someone can be marked from the United States to express online views, not for terrorism, smuggling or fraud? ‘

The debate around his arrest became so strong that the head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, had to intervene in a statement that put him in a collision course with the government yesterday.

Linehan smiles outside the Westminster Magistrates’ Court before his trial today

Toby Young and Protesters hold a poster exhibiting the police, not our tweets, not our tweets before Linehan’s hearing.

57 -year -old transsexual woman harassed Sophia Brooks and damaged her phone

Linehan is smiling before entering the Magistrates’ Court for trial today

There is nothing written on one side of the piece as “transsexual child” that Linehan wore outside before entering court

One supporter, three days ago at the beginning of this week on another issue on the arrest of Heathrow said: ‘If I knew what it was, I would enjoy a little more from the arrest’ he said.

Linehan, depicted here outside the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, is accused of publishing abusive comments on Sophia Brooks between 11 October and 27 October last year.

Linehan, who is in the picture that came to court today, is accused of damaging Sophia Brooks’s mobile phone last year on 27 October last year.

He defended their officers and said that they were ‘in an impossible position’ because of the laws of hate speech and said that they should not be policing the toxic cultural wars.

Sir Mark, the government will make suggestions about how the laws that regulate social media duties can be changed and the new approaches are ready to test ‘within a few weeks’, he said.

In his first statement after the explosion of the debate, Sir Mark said: ‘In the current legislation, stating that a threat to punch one of a protected group may be a crime to punch one of a protected group, I understand the concern of research and ultimately arrest decision, free speech and the risks of different perspectives between the risks of transferring to mind in the real world.

“The most reasonable people agree that the threats of real physical violence against a identified person or group should be mobilized by civil servants.

‘Such actions may have serious and violent consequences in the real world.

However, in the case of less cases in terms of intention and harm, there is a rock and a difficult place by the following governments, who did not give any choice but to record events such as crimes when they are reported to civil servants.

Then they have to follow all the inquiry lines and take action properly.

‘I do not believe that we should be policing the discussions of toxic cultural wars, and the officers are currently in an impossible position.’

Linehan was arrested on Monday while descending to Heathrow airport accused of provoking violence on social media and then taken to hospital with high blood pressure

Linehan arrested between tweets

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley made an ordinary statement on Linehan’s arrest of Heathrow yesterday

Linehan and Helen, his wife, also a comedy writer, left in 2020

Linehan, Channel 4 Sitcom Father Ted (left to right) Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn, Dermot Morgan and Ardal O’HANLON

“ We have a long history of free speech in this country. I am proud of that and I will always defend it. ‘

Sir Keir Starmer then ‘Police should focus on the most serious problems,’ he said.

Prime Minister’s questions said: ‘Most important issues for our election regions and all communities, and the fight against anti-social behavior, knife crime and violence.

And health secretary Wes Streeting, the law in the case of ‘the right to get the right’ balance ‘in the case of the government can look at the legislation, and the government not only tweets policing the policing, but wanted to see that the streets are kept safe by doing policing, he said.

Senior Toray Sir James said that the wise arrest seems to be a ‘real excessive reaction to the one’ with a clear joke ‘.

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick described the event as a ‘waste of police time’ and added: ‘We need to finish this nonsense desperately and pursue real criminals’.

BAFTA has become an open oral gender activist supported by the lies of Harry Potter Creator Jk Rowling.

But at the same time, he explained how his career, including a small actor roles in comedies, including the Partridge First, was involved in transsexual controversy, and once explained how he refers to the ‘most hated man on the Internet’.

Later, before being restored by the founder of X, Elon Musk, he was banned from Twitter in 2020 after writing ‘Men are not women’.

Later, a long -awaited father Ted musical was twisted in 2022 due to Linehan’s controversial political views.

57 -year -old Linehan praised the decision of the Supreme Court’s word ‘woman’ that the word ‘woman’ made a biological woman

Two places 2023 When Edinburgh canceled the Fringe shows, he now chose to make the debris Linehan set outside the Scottish Parliament.

The activist born in Dublin praised the decision of the Supreme Court to verify that the word ‘woman’ refers to biological gender, so trans women are not legally women.

However, he said that the problems of ‘wake up’ have penetrated the aspects of British life.

At that time he said: ‘The big problem we have with TV commissioners. The artists are still there, but they have to overcome these people who don’t really care with art. They care about imposing their beliefs on people.

If you looked again in the ’90s with Britpop, British art is famous all over the world and there was a real sense of excitement.

But in the last 10 years, there has been a lack of significant things. Because these people tied their hands and feet together.

‘Everything is very safe – I’m almost trying not to be noticed.’

The hearing is listed to last one day.