Police quiz mum who tweeted that trans woman was a ‘ he’

A DEVOUT Catholic and mother is the sub-ject of a five-month police investigation – after she was accused of calling a transgen-der woman a ‘he’ on Twitter.

Caroline Farrow, a broadcaster and writer for Roman Catholic newspapers, said she had a phone call from an officer on Monday asking her to attend an interview.

Mrs Farrow, 44, pictured, said she may have posted the suspect tweet following an appear-ance on Good Morning Britain last September, during which she took part in a debate on trans-gender children.

She said: ‘I don’t know what I am suspected to have done. The only thing I can think of is that I may have referred to a 23-year- old transgen-der woman as some-one’s “son”.

‘I try at all times to be polite on Twitter, but it is my belief on both a religious and scientific basis that you cannot change the sex into which you were born.’

She added that the officer said her tweets had ‘misgen-dered’ an individual by using the wrong pronoun, which could be an offence under the Malicious Communications Act. Sentences for those found guilty under this act can be up to two years.

Mrs Farrow, who is married to a priest, said she was ‘worried and alarmed’ following the police call. She wrote on Twitter on Tuesday: ‘I don’t even remember said tweets! I probably said “he” or “son” or something. I have done nothing wrong, nothing illegal and will happily do jail time for my right to say that people cannot change sex.’

The tweet case was pursued by Surrey Police, whose former Chief Constable, Lynne Owens, said in 2015 that as a result of £25million in cuts and the loss of 250 officers, minor crimes would be ignored in favour of investigation of offences against vulnerable people.

The force confirmed yesterday that it received an allegation over tweets by Miss Farrow on October 15. A spokesman said: ‘A thorough inves-tigation is being carried out to establish whether any criminal offences have taken place.’