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Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested in UK on suspicion of inciting violence, after tweets on trans issues

Writer Graham Linehan is perhaps best known for co-creating Father Ted (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Father Ted writer Graham Linehan said he was arrested at Heathrow Airport over three X posts expressing his views on trans issues.

The 57-year-old said he was detained by five armed officers after flying in from Arizona and told he was under arrest over the social media entries.

Linehan said he was taken to a cell and then questioned over the X posts, published in April.

One said: "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."

Another was a phot

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