I am at Westminster Magistrates court sitting directly across the...

C = complainant AND/OR SB - Sophia Brooks (depending on how referred to in court)
D= Defendant AND/OR L = Linehan
SV = Sarah Vine KC for L
JFW = Julia Faure Walker for SB
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Whilst we're waiting... judiciary.uk/in-conversatio…
P when L called the people in the photo "men" he must have been referring to SB
P - L said he - again referring to SB in the masc - is a "deeply disturbed sociopath"
P "Tarquin" is L's derogatory term for C
Later SB called out L's name and asked why he'd called her a "domestic terrorist" At this point L could have explained why or ignored her, rather he responded in a way which is indicative of his extreme personal animosity...
SB said "why do you think it's acceptable to call teenagers domestic terrorists" - she was holding him to account. L "was angry and whacked the phone out of SB's hand." L was...
L's posts continued...
P also on 19 Oct - yet another abusive post about SB and someone SB was with. Said "couldn't hack it as a gay man, now...
P he must have meant SB - so he knew she was 17yo
P later he says "watch how Buffalo Bill uses a camera to hide his face"
P responded to another photo tweet saying "here he is defending Fred Wallace's pscyho mate...
P in another tweet L refers to SB as "Fred Wallace' sociopath friend"
P on 22 Oct he said of SB "he likes to handle people and then complain about being touched himself"
P L said "why are you calling a man...
P then L refers to "Fred's severely disturbed mate"
J where is this
P gives ref
P re Tarquin - L said in answer to a q "oh no... we named him that"
P C was not harassing women, she was filming at the conference and there is no evidence she had...
P - L also called SB "a scumbag who harasses women" and "if you encounter Tarquin in the wild try to resist the urge to stick his cameras up his arse"
P SB felt alarm/distress.
P for an offence of harassment (h) - it has to have happened more than once, it has to be conduct which is oppressive and unacceptable. L takes issue that...
P - it is expected L will raise a defence that his actions were about trying to stop or raise awareness of a crime and that it was reasonable.
P - J I have set out some authorities in the opening note, but I can leave them til the end of the case.
P I call the first witness - SB
[someone goes to get SB who is sitting o/s court]
P- when did you start using that name?
SB - about 2022 [I think]
P - want to ask you about Oct 2024 in QEII centre in London - were you aware of an LBG Alliance event taking place that day
SB I was yes
SB - disagree, broadly speaking
P - can you briefly explain what your and what LGB's stance is an were you disagree
SB - I believe the LGB alliance opposes my rights as a TG person
P - in particular?
P - did you go to Westminster on 11 Oct 2024
SB - yes
P - what time did you get to QEII vicinity
SB - I would have to check my witness statement (WS)
P - it's to your right - look at the middle of the first page - it says you arrived around...
SB 1700
P so 5pm
SB yes
P did you go inside.
SB no
P as of that moment had you heard of L
SB yes
P aware he was on twitter or X
SB yes
P any comms with L on any soc med platform
SB no
P any comms at any point at all ever
SB don't believe so
SB - I don't believe so
P - as we will see from soc med posts there were reports of insects being released into the venue
SB no I had no prior knowledge of this
P have you seen police compilation of tweets by L
SB yes
[P takes him to them]
SB yes
P how did you become aware of them
SB sent to me by someone I don't remember, but that's how I found out
P when was that
SB roughly around 11 Oct
P do you see there is an image of the QEII centre with a person waving a flag outside it
SB yes
P is that person you?
SB yes
P on 11 Oct
SB I think it was an alter image
J a what
SB an alternate [?] image
P taken on another occasion
SB yes
SB yes
P did you have anything to do with that
SB no
P look at the left of that post - is that an image of you
SB yes
P who posted it
P where did that image come from
SB to the best of my knowledge Feb 2023
P how many followers has Glinner
SB about 500k
P we see what L says "wasn't Fred Wallace present - wasn't this guy with him"
SB yes
SB Freda Wallace and me
P do you know FW
SB an acqaintance
P see the tweet views
SB yes
P what do you understand that to mean
SB around 10k people have viewed it
SB met her twice
P where
SB battle of ideas fest and one other occasion
P so who were the two homophobes referring to
SB me
P are you homophobic?
SB er no I'm a bisexual person
P not going to read it all out - but it says listen met police, but bringing these three men in could save a lot of time for your officers - they've been harassing a lot of people
[P skips a bit]
P - L says you have tried to infiltrate...
P have you done that
SB yes
P - L says will the met police take action on this "domestic terrorism" - some silly children "doing the bidding of very dangerous men"
P who is domestic terrorist here
SB me
P who are the v dangerous men
SB three unknowns
SB yes
P - see post from L saysing "here is a recording of the man behind countless episodes of harassment... he is a deeply disturbed sociopath"
SB yes
P posted alongside an image of you
SB
P who did you understand the deeply disturbed sociopath to be
SB me
P how did you feel about that
SB alarmed and distressed
P expand
SB I was being called a DDS by a famous person with a lot of followers any of whom could have caused great harm to me
SB yes
P who is SGHSS?
SB me
P have you ever gone by the name of Tarquin
SB no
P is it your birth name
SB no
P how did you get it
SB it is apparently to do...
[said v poshly]
P who have you this name
SB Graham Linehan
P did you go to the battle of ideas
SB yes I bought a ticket
P who did you go with
SB freda wallace
P did you encounter Kate harris there?
SB yes
P who is she
P who were hosting the confy
SB yes
P was there an encounter
SB yes she stormed up to me in an aggressive manner
P what were you doing
SB taking pictures of the panellists from some distance away
SB sitting first then standing to get a better angle
P what happened
SB KH stormed up to me with a brochure for her event attempting to block my camera
P was anyone filming you
SB 5 or 6 people afterwards
P after?
SB she stormed up to me twice - one was...
P had you encountered L
SB he was not present... I don't believe he was present
P so after the encounter with KH - who filmed first
SB I had a DSLR I was taking photos with - after KH stormed up to me people were filming me
P were you escorted out by security
SB yes
SB no
P what time were you escorted out
SB about 3.15
P so you are now outside the venue
SB yes
P this was at Church House in Gt College St in Westminster
SB yes
P what happened next
P had you done anything towards him
SB no
P then what
SB he walked into the conference
P what else did he say if at all
P please do
SB "he called me an incel and stormed off"
P so that we can understand - what do you understand incel to mean
SB an involuntary celibate
P what gender
SB male
P what is an incel
P so where did L go
SB he went into the battle of ideas, sorry stormed into the battle of ideas
P was Freda Wallace with you
P so did you remain in the idea [sic] and take photos of the grounds and buildings
SB I took photos of the attendees none of which were L
P then you walked to Tufton
SB yes
P fast forward a few hours - were you photographing and videoing people leaving the conference
SB yes
P L?
SB yes
P what happened
SB I asked him why he thought it was acceptable to call teenagers domestic terrorists online
P how did...
SB I believe he called me a groomer and told me to go away
P how did you feel about that
SB distressed as I am not a groomer
P what is a groomer
SB someone who takes advantage of someone's naivity sometimes sexually
P did you ask him why he called you a greoomer
P what did he say
SB he called me a groomer again and a sissy-porn watching scumbag
P what's sissy-porn
SB where feminised men cross dress
SB no
P what did you say
SB you're the incel - you're divorced
P did you engage in any discussion about your ideological differences
SB no he just shouted abuse again
SB angry
P did you pose any physical threat to him
SB he grabbed my hand and forcefully ripped my phone out of it, then he took my phone behind my back and refused to give it to me
P what next
SB I demanded I get my phone back and after realising I wouldn't...
[P wants to play some video, bringing some technical jeopardy into proceedings. Amazing how regularly av f***s up in the courts. It shouldn't be that difficult nowadays]
[SB says "Graham Graham do you mind explaining why you called me a domestic terrorist" L says "Go away groomer - go away you disgusting incel"]
[Cut to another video take by SB - he approaches L and says...
SB by L throwing it into the road
P takes him to a repair estimate from Apple - what's the estimated amount?
SB £369
P so that's the repair cost
SB yes
SB I don't know what she looks like, sorry.
P takes him to the "couldn't hack it as a gay man" tweet. Does that image show you and Freda Wallace?
SB yes
P so who is the gay man
SB Freda
P who is the 17yo sociopath to be
SB me
SB what's a sock
P disposable twitter acc
SB how did you feel about being described as a sociopath
P alarmed and distressed
[audible giggles from the public gallery]
P how did you feel about that
SB alarmed and distressed
[P takes SB to L's tweet about SB handling people]
P had you handled anyone that day
SB no
P who was that referring to
SB me
P see that person?
SB yes that's me
P - L says "he's Fred's severely disturbed mate" - who is that refering to
SB me
P what does it mean
SB that Mr L and @PosyParker have named me Tarquin
P are you a porn-addict
SB no
P have you ever given than impression?
SB no
SB alarmed and distressed
P was that what you were trying to do
SB no
P what were you trying to do
SB Freda Wallace runs a...
[P takes him to tweet (not by L) of redacted image of SB's driving licence]
SB provisional driving licence
P were you using Sophia on your DL at that stage
SB yes
SB worried for my own safety
P why
SB a person who was famous and is famous was posting pictures of me and calling me a sociopath
SV we have heard you were alarmed and distressed many times
SB yes
SV on each occasion
SB yes
SV were you alarmed and distressed by L referring to you in the masculine
SB rude not a&d
SV just rude
Sb yes
SB what specifically
SV what does that mean for you
SB mostly just videography
SV for what purposes
SB for others who want to make a blog post or something
SV how does that work - what do you record
SB protests and demos
SB I consider it a demo
SV it was a conference
SB can I share my idea
SV sure
SB all the people speaking have the same ideas - it's not a debate - it's a demo - just indoors
SV was it a hate fest
SB not necessarily
SV you called it that
SB it had people with bigoted views in it
