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- The Metropolitan Police agreed to pay Graham Linehan £25,000 and issued a formal apology for his arrest.
- Five armed officers detained Linehan at Heathrow airport in September 2025, holding him for 12 hours.
- The force said the case prompted a policy shift ending investigations of non-crime hate incidents to give officers clearer guidance.
- Conservative politician Kemi Badenoch criticised the arrest as ‘thought-policing’ and accused the police of politicising law enforcement.
