Linehan warned by police over 'transphobia' row
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been given a verbal harassment warning after a transgender activist claimed he "trolled" her. Police asked the Irish comedy writer to cease all contact with Stephanie Hayden, who he became embroiled in a Twitter row with.Ms Hayden reported Linehan for "transphobia" after he referred to her as "he" and for "deadnaming" her by calling her by her former names.Linehan, who lives in Norwich, locked his Twitter account on Friday, citing "abuse and harassment".He also highlighted a petition he had signed that calls on LGBT charity Stonewall to acknowledge the conflict that exists between "transgenderism and sex-based women's rights".On Saturday, he said: "The police asked me to stop contacting someone I had no intention of contacting."It wa...