A GP who was suspended after branding a woman 'a venomous transphobic bigot' compared JK Rowling to disgraced sexual predator Jimmy Savile.
In a series of bizarre rambling tweets, Adrian Harrop, 31, claimed the beloved children's author 'isn't safe to be around children' due to her views on gender.
He said his comments were 'fairly reasonable' and 'could well be substantiated' before finally deleting them and backing down for being 'insensitive'.
The posts last year, which were part of a series of verbal attacks Harrop launched on women, reemerged as he was suspended from his job for a month.
Yesterday he admitted to using his Twitter to pursue a series of social media rivals opposed to his views.
He had branded one person 'a venomous transphobic bigot' whose central aim was to 'demonise trans people and exclude them from public life'.
A tribunal accepted the GP at Brownlow Surgery in Liverpool - where doctors earn on average £81,955 - had been joking but found the comments were inappropriate.
In a series of bizarre rambling tweets, Adrian Harrop (pictured), 31, claimed the beloved children's author 'isn't safe to be around children' due to her views on gender
He said his comments were 'fairly reasonable' and 'could well be substantiated' before finally deleting them and backing down for being 'insensitive'. Pictured: JK Rowling
Harrop tweeted his attack on Rowling in May last year, where he made the ludicrous comparison with sick paedophile Savile.
He wrote: 'Notice how the transphobic trolls are so outraged when someone suggests JKRowling isn't safe to be around children.
'They're basically baying for a trans woman's blood over this - but then demonstrate complete inconsistency/apathy when Glinner starts calling people ''groomers''.'
In reply to a comment, he said: 'Jimmy Savile was the UK's most popular children's entertainer at the height of his career and one of the most famous men in the country.
'Working with how you're framing JKR, I suppose you'd have gladly given him unsupervised contact with your kids - or have I misunderstood you?'
He later added: 'I think it was a fairly reasonable statement to make, and could be well substantiated.
'Personally i wouldn't want any vulnerable and impressionable children to be alone and unsupervised with anyone who espouses hateful and discriminatory views towards trans people - it'd be unsafe.'
Harrop was met with a tidal wave of opposition for his inflammatory comments and later deleted the post for being 'insensitive'.
He added: 'It was not my intention to equate the actions or beliefs of JK Rowling with those of Jimmy Savile in any way, and I apologies unreservedly for any misinterpretation of what I did say.
'I hereby formally retract the statement, which is both poorly worded and insensitive.' Rowling was unavailable for comment.
Harrop made comparisons between the beloved children's author and sick paedophile Savile (pictured)
But he launched another attack on the writer two months later when he moaned about a poster in Edinburgh - four hours from his home - saying: 'I love JK Rowling.'
The digitised slogan in Waverley was launched at the railway station to celebrate her 55th birthday.
But it was torn down after Twitter troll Harrop complained to the chief executive and senior directors of the billboard company Primesight.
He had blasted them on social media, accusing them of being complicit 'in the spread of transphobic hate speech' and they gave way.
The GP also inflamed tensions with women in March last year by successfully lobbying to have flags he disagreed with stripped from town halls.
He kicked up a fuss when banners were hoisted above two venues in Bootle and Southport in Merseyside to mark International Women's Day.
He claimed their message, which read 'woman, noun, adult female', was a 'hostile transphobic dog whistle' and said they had to be ripped down.
Merseyside Council caved into the demand despite huge opposition from the feminist community.
Harrop studied medicine at Manchester University from 2006 to 2012 before joining the profession.
He did his general practitioner training with the Royal College of General Practitioners from 2015 to 2019.
After qualifying, he worked in gender-affirmative healthcare in Liverpool and was the LGBTQ+ community engagement representative at the RCGP.
Since October 2019 he has worked for Brownlow Health Care in the Merseyside city part time.
His LinkedIn says: 'MBChB, MRCGP. General Practitioner in Liverpool, UK. Special interest in gender-affirmative healthcare for transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse people.'
It adds: 'Community advocate, and campaigner for social justice, equality, and human rights.'
He launched another attack on the writer two months later when he moaned about a poster in Edinburgh - four hours from his home - saying: 'I love JK Rowling'
He also whined about a billboard in Toxteth, Liverpool, that said women were 'adult human female'
Yesterday Harrop was suspended after admitting he used his Twitter to pursue a series of social media rivals opposed to his views.
He had called one person 'a venomous transphobic bigot' whose central aim was to 'demonise trans people and exclude them from public life'.
He said in another tweet: 'Cis people, on the whole, are just awful and there needs to be a massive state-sponsored programme of re-education'.
Harrop expressed disappointment that this idea had not gained 'more traction at the Labour Party conference'.
In a statement the doctor said: 'I am not transgender myself but I am a fervent supporter of transgender rights.'
The tribunal accepted Harrop had been joking but still found it inappropriate for a GP to post in a
