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Evening Standard
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Matt Watts and Bill Bowkett

Metropolitan Police says it will no longer investigate 'non-crime hate incidents' after Graham Linehan cleared

The Metropolitan Police will stop investigating "non-crime hate incidents" after it emerged that Graham Linehan will face no further action over social media posts about transgender issues.

The Father Ted and IT Crowd creator, 57, was detained at London Heathrow Airport last month on suspicion of inciting violence over three gender-critical posts he had made online.

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