Graham Linehan goes on trial over alleged harassment of trans woman

Father Ted Ted Creator Graham Linehan was tried in London on charges of harassment and criminal damage against a transsexual woman.

Westminster Magistrate Criminal Court 57 -year -old social media to publish a “ruthless” attack tasks about a 18 -year -old trans campaignist.

Irish comedy writer, who also created CT crowd and land books, claimed that he was not guilty of two charges.

This hearing is not linked to allegations that led to a lot of announcement at Heathrow Airport on Monday.

He said that five armed officers had previously been welcomed by the messages he had previously published about his trans people in X, that he reacted from some public figures and politicians and added a violent debate about policing and free speech.

In this case, he was arrested on suspicion of provoking violence and was bail “in waiting for more investigations”.

In the meantime, the hearing on Thursday, the hearing last October, a transsexual activist on social media, 18 -year -old Sophia Brooks harassed and claims to damage his phone.

Julia Faure Walker, led by the prosecution, Mr. Linehan’ın “deeply uncomfortable sociopath” and “indigenous terrorist” containing a series of tweets aimed at the lady Brooks’u said.

MS Faure Walker said, “Not only disturbing or annoying or annoying, but also oppressive and unacceptable, so that the threshold was harassed” and “verbally abusive and justified”.

The court heard how the couple came together at the War of Ideas on 19 October 2024. The prosecutor’s office claimed that Mrs Linehan had a deliberate squeezing “Ms. Brooks’s phone after challenging her tweets while shooting.

Ms. Brooks, who gave evidence, told the court that she was “worried and feeling troubled” and was afraid of Mr. Linehan’s security after her duties.

“I was branded deeply by a relatively famous person with more than 500,000 followers as a deeply uncomfortable sociopath – any of them can serve Mr Linehan’s mission and cause great harm to me.”

Ms. Brooks said Mr. Linehan approached him at the War of Ideas and called him “groom” and asked “how many children”.

A few hours later, Mrs. Brooks called to Mr. Linehan outside the venue and asked him why he called him “indigenous terrorist.”

Faure Walker, in his statement to the court, “extreme personal hostility towards him” showed more insults.

The court asked him to “take into account his insulting and abusive duties about him”.

The hearing continues.