Graham Linehan has posted the following on X: "The police have informed my lawyers that I face no further action in respect of the arrest at Heathrow in September. After a successful hearing to get my bail conditions lifted (one which the police officer in charge of the case didn't even bother to attend) the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the case. With the aid of the Free Speech Union, I still aim to hold the police accountable for what is only the latest attempt to silence and suppress gender critical voices on behalf of dangerous and disturbed men."

His supporters have suggested that he should take action against the police: Julia Hartley Brewer posted: "I 100% back @Glinner suing the police for his outrageous arrest. The trouble is, it's always taxpayers who end up with the bill, paying for the lawyers and the compensation paid - while no police officers ever get disciplined for their failures. It's time for senior police heads to roll."

The Free Speech Union posted on X: "We’ve instructed a top flight team of lawyers to sue the Met for wrongful arrest, among other things. Graham deserves an apology but, more importantly, the police need to be taught a lesson that they cannot allow themselves to be continually manipulated by woke activists."

The Father Ted co-writer had been arrested on suspicion of inciting violence when he landed at Heathrow from his home in the US on 1 September following a post on X. At the time there was a lot of criticism that the police had been over-zealous, with officers taking him away from the airport as soon as he had landed. He was then taken to hospital after officials became concerned about his blood pressure.

Linehan, 57, wrote on Substack that he was arrested over three posts on X. 

The first post said: "If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls."

He wrote that during his police interview following the arrest, "I explained that the 'punch' tweet was a serious point made with a joke", and that it was about "the height difference between men and women... and certainly not a call to violence".

Linehan has written about his career and controversies in his book Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy (pictured). Buy a copy here.