Tag: Graham Linehan
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Linehan is Acquitted: Smiles All Round
At 2.55pm today, the Honourable Mrs Justice Tipples overturned Graham Linehan’s conviction for criminal damage to a trans activist’s phone, on the basis that she and her panel could not be sure that Linehan caused the alleged damage to the phone. Speaking afterwards Linehan said: “The decision of the court to throw out this case…
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Glinner Rides Again
or: Day 1 of Graham Linehan’s appeal against his conviction for criminal damage at Southwark Crown Court The first and most important thing to know about this appeal is that it is essentially a re-trial. In order for Graham Linehan to have a fair re-trial neither the judge nor the two lay panellists sitting either…
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Avoiding Compelled Speech in Court
In March, the Crown Prosecution Service made fools of themselves, reporting that a “woman” had been found guilty of murdering “her” partner. Reader, the woman was a man. The CPS’ defence was that Aurin Makepeace was afforded female pronouns in court, and this justified the CPS lying to the public. It is the logic of…
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Rex v Linehan: the prosecution and defence cases in detail
Graham Linehan, the writer and campaigner, is on trial Westminster Magistrates’ Court for harassment and criminal damage. The agreed facts of the case are on the record. Between 11 and 27 October 2024 Linehan sent a number of tweets about the male Trans Rights Activist, Sophia Brooks. On 19 October, Brooks sought Linehan out and…