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Christina Mcsorley
Criminal Justice & Courts · United Kingdom
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Jul 2026
Graham Linehan receives settlement from Met over online post arrest
The Metropolitan Police issued a second apology to Graham Linehan and agreed a £25,000 settlement over his 2025 arrest at Heathrow for posts on X that were later deemed a non-crime hate incident. Linehan criticised the arrest and said the payment was helpful, while the Free Speech Union welcomed the outcome and argued police should not arrest people over offensive online posts. The Met has since stopped investigating non-crime hate incidents, and the earlier probe into Linehan was dropped.
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