Graham Linehan says grabbing trans activist’s phone was ‘reflex response’ after taunts about divorce
Comedy writer Graham Linehan said to the police that when he heard a court on Friday, he received a transgender activist’s phone in a “reflex response için to“ mock ”about his family life.
57 -year -old Irish, common creator Father Ted And BusyIn the Westminster Magistrate Criminal Court, the trans woman is accused of harassing Sophia Brooks.
The court said that Linehan and the activist came together for the first time on October 19, except for the Westminster War Conference on 19 October.
While shooting outside the venue, he approached the activist Linehan and asked: neden Why do you think it can be accepted to call domestic terrorists to young people? ”
Transsexual activist told the court that Linehan called them “Sissy porn monitoring filth”, “groom” and “disgusting entry”.
A video played in the court showed that Linehan had caught the complainant’s phone.
The court previously heard that Linehan had published on social media under the name of “Tarquin ğı, which prosecutor Julia Faure Walker was a“ humiliating term için for the complainant.
A statement prepared from Linehan during the police interview on February 5 was read by Mrs. Faure Walker: ım When I first arrived by Tarquin by Tarquin, I approached me and was subjected to a harassment that approached me with Tarquin and filmed in the close quarter.
“This usually involved in filming a phone and trying to provoke a reaction just in front of a phone.
“People had no respect for the privacy or personal field. I had to try to ignore Tarquin as much as possible, but at the end of the conference, I confronted Tarquin again.
“Tarquin made a provocative statement about my current family position.
“Tarquin had constantly harassment and I had to prevent me from mocking me any more.
Orum I acknowledge that I am talking to Tarquin in posts, but as a journalist, I believe that it is in the public interest to reveal the tactics of justified and aggressive trans activities. ”
Linehan added, “He wished only harassment to stop Tarquin,” he added.
Prosecutor Faure Walker said that Linehan has published the activist on social media “mercilessly” and that their duties were “oppressive ..
On Thursday, the prosecutor added: “They were verbally abusive and right, and they reflected Mr Linehan’s deeply liked Ms. Brooks.”
Linehan rejected that the activist had harassed on social media between 11 October and 27 October last year, and on 19 October last year, the criminal damage of mobile phones was further accused.
Linehan’s lawyer Sarah Vine Kc, after the prosecution case, both accusations have applied to the case, but this judge was rejected by the judge.
The hearing continues.
