Graham Linehan arrives at court to face trial accused of harassing trans woman
Father Ted The common creative Graham Linehan came to court for trial accused of harassing a transsexual woman.
The 57 -year -old accused the transgender activist Sophia Brooks, who was harassed on social media, and in October to damage his mobile phone.
BAFTA Award -winning writer who also puts on TV sitcoms BT Crowd And Black BooksIn recent years, it has become a strong vocal critic of the trans rights movement.
The hearing will start on Thursday at Westminster Magistrate Criminal Court.
Linehan, who created Father Ted In the 1990s, an Irish writer Arthur Mathews said that the allegations were about an incident at the War of Ideas in London on 19 October 2024.
According to the court documents, he is accused of harassing the victim who is allegedly by publishing abusive comments about him on social media between 11-27 October and damaging the value of £ 369 on the conference day.
In May, Linehan said that after a hearing in the case, Linehan was “lost too much” but would not hesitate in my determination ”.
Before he went to court on Thursday, the author posed on one side with a sign that he said, “There is no such thing as a child ‘.
On the other hand, “keep men away from women’s sports,” he said.
On Monday, Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of encouraging violence in three tasks on trans problems.
After the incident, Sir Keir Starmer ordered the police to give priority to serious crimes, saying that he gave priority to “open” policing.
He said the police will be spent better to “reduce serious violence crimes such as anti-social behavior, theft, fighting street crime and reduce serious violence crimes such as knife crime and violence against women”.
The reform criticized the arrest of opposition politicians, including British leader Nigel Farage.
Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley supported his officers about the incident, but the power should not be responsible for “toxic cultural wars discussions”.
Sir Mark said that his officers were “impossible” because he wanted the law to be amended.
