Father Ted writer Graham Linehan cleared of harassing transgender activist

However, the 57-year-old was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court of criminal damage of Sophia Brooks’ mobile phone.

Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a transgender activist on social media but found guilty of criminal damage of their mobile phone outside a conference in London last year.

The 57-year-old flew in from Arizona to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in person on Tuesday where judgment was delivered by District Judge Briony Clarke.

Linehan denied harassing Sophia Brooks on social media between October 11 and October 27 last year, and a charge of criminal damage of their mobile phone on October 19 last year outside the Battle of Ideas conference in Westminster.

Reading a summary of her judgment, the judge said she was not sati