Murdoch attacker has jail sentence cut
(AFP)
<p>LONDON (AFP) ? A stand-up comedian jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at media mogul Rupert Murdoch had his sentence cut to four weeks by a British court on Friday.</p> <p> Jonathan May-Bowles, a 26-year-old who calls himself Jonnie Marbles, was seeking to overturn the sentence he received this week for the attack on the 80-year-old News Corp. chairman.</p> <p> Judge Anthony Pitts rejected the attempt to throw out the sentence, but told Southwark Crown Court in London that the district judge in the first hearing had failed to give enough credit for May-Bowles’ guilty plea.</p> <p> May-Bowles admitted attacking Murdoch on July 19 during a parliamentary hearing on phone hacking by his News of the World tabloid.</p> <p> The judge rejected arguments that the foam pie attack was in the tradition of comics from Laurel and Hardy to Monty Python.</p> <p> “That might be funny or have an element of comedy about it in a different situation,” he said.</p> <p> “But not in this situat
Murdoch attacker has jail sentence cut
(AFP) <p>LONDON (AFP) ? A stand-up comedian jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at media mogul Rupert Murdoch had his sentence cut to four weeks by a British court on Friday.</p> <p> Jonathan May-Bowles, a 26-year-old who calls himself Jonnie Marbles, was seeking to overturn the sentence he received this week for the attack on the 80-year-old News Corp. chairman.</p> <p> Judge Anthony Pitts rejected the attempt to throw out the sentence, but told Southwark Crown Court in London that the district judge in the first hearing had failed to give enough credit for May-Bowles’ guilty plea.</p> <p> May-Bowles admitted attacking Murdoch on July 19 during a parliamentary hearing on phone hacking by his News of the World tabloid.</p> <p> The judge rejected arguments that the foam pie attack was in the tradition of comics from Laurel and Hardy to Monty Python.</p> <p> “That might be funny or have an element of comedy about it in a different situation,” he said.</p> <p> “But not in this situat
Murdoch attacker has jail sentence cut
(AFP) <p>LONDON (AFP) ? A stand-up comedian jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at media mogul Rupert Murdoch had his sentence cut to four weeks by a British court on Friday.</p> <p> Jonathan May-Bowles, a 26-year-old who calls himself Jonnie Marbles, was seeking to overturn the sentence he received this week for the attack on the 80-year-old News Corp. chairman.</p> <p> Judge Anthony Pitts rejected the attempt to throw out the sentence, but told Southwark Crown Court in London that the district judge in the first hearing had failed to give enough credit for May-Bowles’ guilty plea.</p> <p> May-Bowles admitted attacking Murdoch on July 19 during a parliamentary hearing on phone hacking by his News of the World tabloid.</p> <p> The judge rejected arguments that the foam pie attack was in the tradition of comics from Laurel and Hardy to Monty Python.</p> <p> “That might be funny or have an element of comedy about it in a different situation,” he said.</p> <p> “But not in this situat
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Murdoch attacker has jail sentence cut
(AFP) <p>LONDON (AFP) ? A stand-up comedian jailed for six weeks for throwing shaving foam at media mogul Rupert Murdoch had his sentence cut to four weeks by a British court on Friday.</p> <p> Jonathan May-Bowles, a 26-year-old who calls himself Jonnie Marbles, was seeking to overturn the sentence he received this week for the attack on the 80-year-old News Corp. chairman.</p> <p> Judge Anthony Pitts rejected the attempt to throw out the sentence, but told Southwark Crown Court in London that the district judge in the first hearing had failed to give enough credit for May-Bowles’ guilty plea.</p> <p> May-Bowles admitted attacking Murdoch on July 19 during a parliamentary hearing on phone hacking by his News of the World tabloid.</p> <p> The judge rejected arguments that the foam pie attack was in the tradition of comics from Laurel and Hardy to Monty Python.</p> <p> “That might be funny or have an element of comedy about it in a different situation,” he said.</p> <p> “But not in this situat
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