Graham Linehan’s conviction for criminal damage against a transgender activist’s phone has been overturned due to lack of evidence. The Father Ted co-creator used the ruling to accuse police of bias towards trans-rights activists and criticised Labour ...

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has had his conviction for damaging the mobile phone of transgender activist Sophia Brooks overturned on appeal.Linehan, 57, was had been prosecuted over a confrontation with Brooks outside the Battle Of Ideas conference in Westminster on October 19,