Gender-critical activist Graham Linehan appears to violate bail condition just days after arrest
Graham Linehan appears to have violated his bail condition. (Getty)
Graham Linehan appears to have violated his bail condition. (Getty)
Graham Linehan appears to have violated a bail condition stipulating he stay off of X, formerly Twitter, just days after he was arrested at Heathrow.
The 57-year-old ‘gender-critical’ pundit was arrested by armed police on Monday (1 September) on suspicion of “inciting violence” through his social media posts.
The Met Police confirmed a man in his fifties had been arrested at Heathrow and was later released on bail “pending further investigation.”
As part of his bail condition, Linehan claimed he was instructed not to use X until instructed otherwise. PinkNews has confirmed this to be the case.
However, the Father Ted co-creator seems to have used the social media platform on Thursday (4 September), posting a reply at 11:44 pm BST thanking a user showing support for him.
In response to the post, which called Linehan a “brave ally of women and children,” Linehan replied: “Dawwww mate!”
In a blog post written earlier this week, Graham Linehan claimed he was taken in by officers after arriving at Heathrow on an inbound American Airlines flight and was allegedly questioned about “three tweets.”
In one post, which Linehan shared in the blog post, he wrote that trans women who enter a “female-only space” should be punched “in the balls.”
In another, he posted an image of a pro-trans rally, writing: “A photo you can smell.” In a follow-up post, which he claimed to be the third tweet, he wrote: “I hate them. Misogynists and homophobes. F*** em.”
A Met Police spokesperson said after being taken into custody on Monday, Linehan was later taken to hospital over health concerns, adding: “His condition is neither life-threatening nor life-changing.”
A spokesperson for prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said following the arrest that police should prioritise “tackling anti-social behaviour, shoplifting, street crime, as well as reducing serious violent crimes like knife crime and violence against women.”
Downing Street declined to comment directly on the arrest itself, saying it was an “operational matter for the police.”
