Graham Linehan told police trans teenager taunted him about divorce, trial hears

Father Ted co-creator told officer he knocked phone from Sophia Brooks’ hand in ‘reflex response’, court hears

Graham Linehan, the co-creator of the TV sitcom Father Ted, told police he knocked a phone out of the hand of a teenage transgender activist after being taunted about his divorce, a court has heard.

The move was said by Linehan to have been a “reflex response” to a “provocative statement” from Sophia Brooks, then 17, who was filming him at the time.