Father Ted creator Graham Linehan says he faces no further police action over trans tweets that saw him arrested by armed officers at Heathrow airport – but pledges to hold the police “accountable” for trying to silence him. The Mail has more.

The Irish comedy writer, 57, was met by armed police when he touched down at Heathrow Airport last month from Arizona in the US and detained on suspicion of inciting violence.

He has now posted on X, formerly Twitter: “The police have informed my lawyers that I face no further action in respect of the arrest at Heathrow in September.

“After a successful hearing to get my bail conditions lifted (one which the police officer in charge of the case didn’t even bother to attend) the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the case.

“With the aid of the Free Speech Union, I still aim to hold the police accountable for what is only the latest attempt to silence and suppress gender critical voices on behalf of dangerous and disturbed men.”

A Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson said: “Following careful review of a file submitted by the Metropolitan Police, we have decided that no further action should be taken in relation to a man in his 50s who was arrested on September 1st 2025.”

Mr Linehan, currently living across the Atlantic, later declared he would no longer want to return to Britain after his arrest that was met with fury from high-profile figures such as Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling who came to his support by branding the detention “utterly deplorable”.

Linehan, who also co-wrote and directed sitcoms such as Black Books, The IT Crowd and Count Arthur Strong, was detained in relation to three tweets which police deemed to warrant an arrest on suspicion of inciting violence.

The first, from April 20th, read: “If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls.”

A second tweet, on April 19th, was a picture of a trans rally with the caption: “A photo you can smell.” The third was a follow-up to this tweet which said: “I hate them. Misogynists and homophobes. F*** em.”

The writer was heard audibly fuming in disbelief when he was stopped by armed officers at the west London airport.

He told them: “I’m a f****** comedy writer, I wrote Father Ted. Are you a f****** idiot?… It’s just disgraceful.”

When told he was under arrest, Linehan shouted: “Holy s***, I don’t f****** believe it, do you know what this country looks like to America?” before telling them “I’m going to sue you into the ground”.

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