When Allison Pearson posted on X in the wake of the pro-Palestine protests, she never expected to find herself at the centre of a major police investigation. But on Remembrance Sunday, the award-winning writer found herself questioned at her home by two officers accusing her of hate speech.

Essex Police say they are investigating Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over an alleged criminal offence, rather than for a non-crime hate incident (NCHI) as she has suggested.

Essex Police under fire for investigating Allison Pearson's tweet. Discover the details of the 'non-crime hat incident' and the implications for free speech.

From Shakespeare’s Constable Dogberry to Gilbert and Sullivan’s policemen of Penzance, the comic potential of the British plod has long been recognised. It was clearly on display with the spectacle of two uniformed constables who turned up on Allison Pearson’s doorstep this Remembrance Sunday.

Essex Police have confirmed they are investigating alleged criminal racial hatred after columnist Allison Pearson said she was “dumbfounded and upset” when she was questioned by police last week. Ms Pearson said she was being investigated over a year-old deleted post online,

Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson received a visit from Essex Police last Sunday and was told she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a tweet posted.

Officers from Metropolitan Police, Sussex Police and Essex Police have all handled ‘racial hatred’ complaint against Telegraph journalist