Comedian Graham Linehan says he plans to take legal action against the Metropolitan Police after the Crown Prosecution Service dropped all charges against him. They'd arrested him over a joke social media post mocking trans ideologues.
Linehan, best known as the co-creator of Father Ted, was arrested in September by five armed officers at Heathrow Airport. Police had accused him of “inciting violence” on social media. The writer called the entire episode “absurd” and said it showed how the police had become “errand boys for trans activists.”
In a message to Linehan’s lawyers, a Met detective confirmed that prosecutors decided not to move forward. “Following a review of the evidence by the Crown Prosecution Service, it has been determined that no further action will be taken on this matter,” the email read. “This decision means that no charges will be brought against Graham Linehan... Please note that this decision may be reconsidered if further evidence or information comes to light.”
Speaking with GB News, Linehan said the decision didn’t come as a surprise. “I would be more relieved and excited about it had I not expected it to be dropped,” he said. “It was so absurd, the whole thing was so absurd. We just had our hearing to get the bail conditions dropped, and the policeman who was in charge of the investigation didn’t even turn up, which the judge pilloried him for. It’s so ridiculous, so absurd that I just thought wiser heads would prevail.”
He also revealed plans to sue the force over what he described as years of harassment. “Absolutely,” he told host Martin Daubney. “The health scare that I had while I was there was something that, I think when they finally released me, they were a bit nervous I’d die under their care. They really frightened my wife when they came to our house... this is for everything they’ve done to me over the last eight years.”
Linehan added that he had repeatedly filed complaints that went nowhere, accusing police of ignoring serious misconduct. “They let these men behave in the most appalling way to their victims, and they should answer for it,” he said.
Linehan, best known as the co-creator of Father Ted, was arrested in September by five armed officers at Heathrow Airport. Police had accused him of “inciting violence” on social media. The writer called the entire episode “absurd” and said it showed how the police had become “errand boys for trans activists.”
In a message to Linehan’s lawyers, a Met detective confirmed that prosecutors decided not to move forward. “Following a review of the evidence by the Crown Prosecution Service, it has been determined that no further action will be taken on this matter,” the email read. “This decision means that no charges will be brought against Graham Linehan... Please note that this decision may be reconsidered if further evidence or information comes to light.”
Speaking with GB News, Linehan said the decision didn’t come as a surprise. “I would be more relieved and excited about it had I not expected it to be dropped,” he said. “It was so absurd, the whole thing was so absurd. We just had our hearing to get the bail conditions dropped, and the policeman who was in charge of the investigation didn’t even turn up, which the judge pilloried him for. It’s so ridiculous, so absurd that I just thought wiser heads would prevail.”
He also revealed plans to sue the force over what he described as years of harassment. “Absolutely,” he told host Martin Daubney. “The health scare that I had while I was there was something that, I think when they finally released me, they were a bit nervous I’d die under their care. They really frightened my wife when they came to our house... this is for everything they’ve done to me over the last eight years.”
Linehan added that he had repeatedly filed complaints that went nowhere, accusing police of ignoring serious misconduct. “They let these men behave in the most appalling way to their victims, and they should answer for it,” he said.
