Allison Pearson said she was 'dumbfounded' when police turned up on her doorstep last Sunday and allegedly told her she was being investigated for a non-crime hate incident. But the police have said the investigation is into a criminal offence.
Essex Police say they are investigating an alleged criminal offence of inciting racial hatred, after Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson said she was 'dumbfounded and upset' when officers knocked on her door last Sunday. Ms Pearson revealed she was told she was being investigated over a year-old deleted post online. She said she wasn't informed which post had been reported, but suggested it could have been related to the 7 October attacks in Israel or pro-Palestine marches.
- an incident involving an act which is perceived to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards persons with a particular characteristic, but is not illegal. reports have long been controversial, with many citing free speech concerns, and Ms Pearson's account of the police visit has led to widespread support from Conservatives and online commentators, including Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. But an Essex Police spokesperson has told Sky News its investigation was never for an
, and that the matter was always being treated as an investigation into an alleged criminal offence of inciting racial hatred. Speaking on her Planet Normal podcast on Wednesday, Ms Pearson said she found the visit 'chilling'. 'I was dumbfounded, upset, it's not very nice,' she said. 'I was in my dressing gown on the step of the house, these two coppers were there just outside the door.
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