Harry Miller, a former police officer who now campaigns for free speech, was accused of a hate crime by police for a tweet celebrating the dismissal of a trans police officer who had stalked him. The Telegraph has the story.
Harry Miller, a former police officer who now campaigns for free speech, was questioned under caution by Lincolnshire Police for a tweet welcoming the officer’s removal.
Mr Miller had been the victim of a sustained campaign of harassment by Lynsay Watson, a transgender constable with the Leicestershire force who was the complainant behind the arrest last week of Graham Linehan, the comedy writer.
Watson was sacked for gross misconduct in October 2023 after being found guilty of sending more than 1,200 messages to Mr Miller over an 18-month period, branding him a “Nazi”, a “bigot” and “wife beater”.
Mr Miller, who set up the Fair Cop campaign group to remove politics from policing, posted a tweet welcoming the decision. However, in November 2024, more than a year later, he was accused of having committed a criminal offence over the wording of the tweet and questioned under caution.
He was accused of having impersonated the Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police in his online remarks, seemingly because the offending tweet began: “Statement re the dismissal of PC Watson from @leicspolice”. The detective sergeant who interviewed him suggested the post read as though it was a statement being issued on behalf of Leicestershire Police.
Mr Miller was also accused of misgendering Watson in an article he had written about his stalking ordeal for the Critic magazine.
He was informed he was being questioned on suspicion of a breach of the Online Safety Act, which makes it a criminal offence to send a message knowing it to be false and intending it cause non-trivial psychological or physical harm without a reasonable excuse.
The Online Safety Act gained Royal Assent on October 26th 2023, the day before Mr Miller posted the tweet, but did not become law until January 31st last year, so could not have been applied in this case.
Mr Miller was subsequently released with no further action.
However, earlier this year, he submitted a formal request to Lincolnshire Police to establish how the force had recorded the incident.
He said he was alarmed to discover it had been officially recorded as a stalking offence and a hate crime, which could show up on any enhanced DBS check.
The letter he received stated: “The occurrence… in which you were interviewed in relation to on 20 November 2024 has been recorded as a hate crime. The crime (stalking involving serious alarm or distress) has prejudice flags attached.”
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What about the hate crime of the President Elect of the Oxford Union?
The fact that he thinks he is a woman strongly suggests that Mr Lyndsay is not right in the head. Why does plod pander to these eejits? Just stop it NOW.
One can look back to those “awful days”, when bizarre complaints were treated with disdain by ignorant and unfeeling police officers, with a warm glow.
Ummm, if the Police are looking for a ‘result’ how about colossal waste of police time by Watson the serial hurty words complainer…
There’s a new Chief Constable in Lincolnshire. The previous one left after a difficult period when there was criticism of their cops dancing at a lgtbt pride rally. Don’t expect too much change.
Reform won the Greater Lincolnshire majoralty and also for Hull. It seems to me they should put up a robust candidate for the Police and Crime Commissionwer role there and get rid of the useless (Tory?) who currently is failing to lead thge police in the right direction.
The position of the local Chief Constable must surely now be in doubt.
Right… but the creature who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death and said he was only the first isn’t? Got you…
I suggest Mr Lyndsay needs to seek a mental health assessment. 1200 messages would suggest he is not all the ticket😂
“We’re arresting you for the murder of your wife.”
“But she’s alive and well – here she is.”
“Oh, right – we were mistaken, it seems. But we’re still recording this as a murder perpetrated by you.”
“Harry Miller, a former police officer who now campaigns for free speech, was questioned under caution by Lincolnshire Police for a tweet welcoming the officer’s removal.”
“Watson was sacked for gross misconduct in October 2023 after being found guilty of sending more than 1,200 messages to Mr Miller over an 18-month period, branding him a “Nazi”, a “bigot” and “wife beater”.
Miller sent one Tweet celebrating… immediate police action.
Watson sent 1 200 defamatory and pejorative Tweets – too, 18 months.
I’m looking for a word beginning with “T” to accompany “Two-“.
Any thoughts anyone?
Two testicles perhaps? Owned by the delicate flower ‘Lynsay’?