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03-08-11, 09:44
Jonathan May-Bowles has today been jailed for six weeks for assaulting Rupert Murdoch with a plate of shaving foam during a culture, media and sport select committee meeting.
The 26-year-old from Windsor - an activist also known as Jonnie Marbles - last week pleaded guilty to charges of assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place. He was sentenced to a six-week prison term at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
May-Bowles stood accused of hitting Murdoch with a paper plate of shaving foam as the News Corporation chairman answered questions on phone hacking during a three-hour sitting of the culture committee on July 19.
Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, who was sitting behind the billionaire as he gave evidence to the MPs, leapt up and pushed the assailant away. She then hit May-Bowles with the plate as he was taken away by police.
At the time, May-Bowles said that he attacked the 80-year-old billionaire because he "had no faith in the parliamentary process" and "wanted to see some kind of justice done".
The committee hearing was suspended as police apprehended May-Bowles and took him out of the Wilson Room in Portcullis House at Westminster.
When the hearing resumed after the incident, Labour MP Tom Watson concluded his questioning by telling the News Corporation boss: "Your wife has a very good left hook."
After pleading guilty to the offences last week, Marbles told reporters, "I would just like to say this has been the most humble day of my life", mocking Murdoch's statement to MPs on the culture committee.
The 26-year-old from Windsor - an activist also known as Jonnie Marbles - last week pleaded guilty to charges of assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place. He was sentenced to a six-week prison term at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
May-Bowles stood accused of hitting Murdoch with a paper plate of shaving foam as the News Corporation chairman answered questions on phone hacking during a three-hour sitting of the culture committee on July 19.
Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng, who was sitting behind the billionaire as he gave evidence to the MPs, leapt up and pushed the assailant away. She then hit May-Bowles with the plate as he was taken away by police.
At the time, May-Bowles said that he attacked the 80-year-old billionaire because he "had no faith in the parliamentary process" and "wanted to see some kind of justice done".
The committee hearing was suspended as police apprehended May-Bowles and took him out of the Wilson Room in Portcullis House at Westminster.
When the hearing resumed after the incident, Labour MP Tom Watson concluded his questioning by telling the News Corporation boss: "Your wife has a very good left hook."
After pleading guilty to the offences last week, Marbles told reporters, "I would just like to say this has been the most humble day of my life", mocking Murdoch's statement to MPs on the culture committee.