Linehan has been cleared of harassing TRA ‘Sophia’ Brooks but was convicted of damaging his phone.
District Judge Briony Clarke said that while Linehan's posts were "unattractive, annoying and irritating", as well as "deeply unpleasant and even unnecessary", they were not "oppressive or unacceptable" and therefore did not meet the criminal standard for harassment.
She also did not find that the complainant, a biological male who identifies as a woman, "was as 'alarmed and distressed' as they portrayed themself to be by these messages and this course of conduct".
A balanced report by the BBC, clearly stating that Brooks is a male. Wonders will never cease!
Comedy writer Graham Linehan "deliberately whacked" a teenage trans woman's phone out of her hand, a court heard.
www.bbc.co.uk
ETA Well bloody hell. Just seen this reported on the BBC 1 o’clock news and no mention of Brooks being a biological male, just referred to as ‘trans rights activist Sophia Brooks’

. Still, they did mention that the judge felt Brooks was not an entirely credible witness!
From Sky News
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