I am going to attempt to live tweet proceedings but the connection is not great. Graham Linehan (GL) is attending from the US via videolink. GL is accused of harassment and criminal damage against a trans activist called Sophia Brooks (SB).

The trial was only due to last two days (4 and 5 September), but overran - hence this extra day. We are in court - there are around 10 people on the press bench and a similar number in the public gallery.

I have been told my application for certain documents from the trial bundle is being put back to the end of the day and no decision will be made about that today.

District Judge Briony Clarke is sitting. She asks GL his name and DOB GL gives his name Graham George Linehan and DOB 22 May 1968

Judge (J) is reading out the agreed statement re pronoun use. Basically GL and his team will use sex-based pronouns and call SB Ms Brooks he/him or the complainant. There will be 3 defence witnesses and submissions from both parties.

There is no jury - the judge has just indicated she will provide a written judgment at a later date TBA

Kate Harris is the first witness and has just been called. Whilst we are waiting for her to be sworn in...

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KH has been sworn in Sarah Vine KC (SV) asks what she does KH trustee of LGB Alliance SV which you set up with Bev Jackson? KH yes SV what's it's purpose KH to ensure matters of sex and gender can be disussed in the public square without fear of accusations of transphobia

SV is LGBA a reg charity KH yes SV was that a straightforward journey KH [laughs] no - it took a year, which is about average, we were very careful to follow the rules re governance etc

SV was there subsequently an attemp by another charity to have your status revoked KH not one charity it was an attempt by EVRY LGBT charity to have our status revoked. Eventually Stonewal,, LGBT consortium, GI and GIRES were coordinated along with Mermaids by Jolyon at...

... the GLW to have our status removed SV was that successful? KH no

SV lets go to events of 11 Oct last year - the LGBA annual conference at the QE2 confy centre in Westminster -first one? KH no we have them annually - it's our biggest - I think it was our fourth SV are there protests KH yes SV sign or relatively minor?

KH relatively minor SV were there any protests when you arrived last year KH possibly - can't really remember so they must have been insig SV was there an event during conference? KH yes SV what happened?

KH many children are victims of the ideology that we fight which tells children they can be born in the wrong body - one speaker was @JamieWhistle - SV you were about to interview her KH yes SV what happened? KH I heard screaming - I came out into the auditorium and I saw

@JamieWhistle ... people running towards the exit. I subsequently discovered that 1000s of live crickets had been released into the audience. All over the place - down't peoples heads necks bags everywhere

@JamieWhistle SV who did this KH i thought they weren't attendees as they were kids and they looked panicked SV were you able to identify who was responsible for the release of the crickets KH not until 5 or 10 mins later SV how many people were involved in the release of crickets KH about 6

@JamieWhistle SV all young? KH all young people - I met them in a room where they were being held by security - they were in a huddle like you might be at a netball match. I would say they were about 16 SV what was the purpose of their disruption KH I asked why they did this and asked why...

@JamieWhistle ... they just didn't come and speak to me - I said they looked just like I did when I was younger. they said they'd tried to talk to me and that Jamie Reed was a threat to trans kids and they thought JR shouldn't speak

@JamieWhistle SV did the talk go ahead? KH yes the QE2 has a large auditorium, but they have a large side room and I interviewed her there.

@JamieWhistle SV if we work on the understanding the young people were TRAs - was that visible from they way they looked KH no SV any signs of any political affiliation KH no they just looked like kids

@JamieWhistle SV let's go to following week - to the Battle of Ideas (BoI) - you pay for a ticket and it runs over 2 days KH yes SV and when you get a ticket do you get the programme of speakers KH it's all online anyway

@JamieWhistle SV is there a hard copy timetable on arrival at the venue KH yes SV which says what the sessions are about KH yes SV so 19 Oct which I think was the first day - there was a session about "will the gender wars ever end" KH yes

SV did you attend KH yes SV do you know Sophia Brooks (SB) KH know him now SV recognised him then? KH no SV do you know a man called Freda Wallace (@FredaPeach) KH yes SV how?

@FredaPeach KH he was v vociferous against us on twitter to the extent we made a complaint to his employer NW Ambulance SV so on 19 Oct did you see FW? KH only at the panel thing SV whats the format for the panel KH 4 or 5 speakers with Claire Fox @Fox_Claire chairing and 200 or so in the

... audience SV you now know SB was there KH yes SV where were you sitting KH side on SV when did you see them KH when I did - my heart sank

SV is about different ideas being held and spoken about respectfully KH yes SV did your heart sink because tehy had differing views? KH my heart sank because over a decade no one who holds their views is capable of sensible dialogue - they work on malicious attacks...

... illegal acts and #nodebate - they have no constructive arguments and cannot seem to engage - these people have shown themselves to be incapable of dialogue and that's why my heart sank. SV did you make a literal note or them or a mental note KH a mental note

SV when did SB next come to your attention KH when Fiona McEnena (@DerryBanShee ) was speaking I saw a "big bloke" stand up with a large camera and began to photograph "in a way I can only describe as intimidating" my reaction was not that this is someone in the

@DerryBanShee ... conference in the interest of taking photos - he was in peoples' faces "I think it was a deliberately intimidative move on his part. There was no stop - it went on and on and on" SV "who was he photographing was he photographing the panel" KH "he was photographing...