LONDON (AP) – Graham Linehan, the co-creator of TV sitcoms “Father Ted” and the “IT Crowd,” on Friday had his conviction for damaging the mobile phone of a teenage transgender activist overturned.
Linehan, 57, was found guilty in November of criminal damage to then 17-year-old Sophia Brooks´ phone during a dispute outside a conference in London in October 2024. He was cleared of harassing Brooks on social media.
He appealed the criminal damage conviction and a two-day hearing was held this week at London´s Southwark Crown Court.
Judge Amanda Tipples, who was assisted by two magistrates, said that the initial report made by Brooks did not…
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