Jonathan May-Bowles the 26 year old comedian left-wing blogger known as Jonnie Marbles who had been convicted and sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for the throwing of shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch in the UK parliament, has had his sentence reduced by a third. District judge Daphne Wickham told May-Bowles at the appeal, “Your counsel has sought to persuade us that this was something of a slapstick event, a custard pie throwing … used in all sorts of comedy situations … That might be funny or have an element of comedy about it in a different situation, but not in this situation … It is impossible to imagine that he [May-Bowles] did this without knowing that it would attract huge, probably worldwide, publicity”. Inspired by Alex Alvarez ow.ly/5XCAT image source thedailybeast ow.ly/5XCG1 Described it as a protest by prank (August 14 2011)Jonathan May-Bowles the 26 year old comedian left-wing blogger known as Jonnie Marbles who had been convicted and sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for the throwing of shaving foam at News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch in the UK parliament, has had his sentence reduced by a third. District judge Daphne Wickham told May-Bowles at the appeal, “Your counsel has sought to persuade us that this was something of a slapstick event, a custard pie throwing … used in all sorts of comedy situations … That might be funny or have an element of comedy about it in a different situation, but not in this situation … It is impossible to imagine that he [May-Bowles] did this without knowing that it would attract huge, probably worldwide, publicity”.

 

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