"Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence in relation to his posts on X. He was arrested after arriving on a flight from the US, and said in an online Substack article that officials then became concerned for his health after taking his blood pressure, and took him to hospital. The Metropolitan Police said that a man in his 50s was arrested on 1 September at Heathrow Airport and taken to hospital,"
"adding his condition "is neither life-threatening nor life-changing" , and he was bailed "pending further investigation". Linehan said in an online article on Substack that his bail condition stipulates he is "not to go on Twitter" and that his arrest related to three posts on X from April, on his views about challenging "a trans-identified male" in "a female-only space". Linehan said when he stepped off the aircraft, "five armed officers were waiting" to tell him he was under arrest."
Graham Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 1 September on suspicion of inciting violence in relation to his posts on X. He arrived on a flight from the US and encountered officers from the Metropolitan Police Aviation Unit. Officials checked his blood pressure and took him to hospital; police described his condition as neither life-threatening nor life-changing. He was bailed pending further investigation with a condition not to go on Twitter. The arrest related to three April posts about challenging a trans-identified male in a female-only space. Police said firearms carried by airport officers were not drawn or used.
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