- Comedy writer Graham Linehan has had his conviction for damaging a transgender activist’s mobile phone overturned following an appeal at Southwark Crown Court.
- Linehan was originally found guilty of criminal damage after a confrontation with Sophia Brooks outside a conference in Westminster on 19 October 2024.
- Mrs Justice Amanda Tipples ruled that the conviction should be overturned, saying that the court could not be sure Linehan caused the damage to Ms Brooks’ phone.
- Ms Brooks, who was 17 at the time, had approached Linehan to record him, seeking an apology for his social media posts where he had called her a “domestic terrorist”.
- Linehan had previously been cleared of harassing Ms Brooks with a series of social media posts before and after the incident.
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