Nice to see that the mindless thug who assaulted Rupert Murdoch has got his comeuppance. Whatever you might say about Murdoch, he is still a frail old man and should have his human rights protected more than others because of how famous he is. I’m not saying that everybody who uses shaving foam to attack people should go to prison, that would be stupid.

Disgusting. Shooduv sent the mindless thug down for at least five years. How dare he attack that poor, frail, defenceless old mayn who has never done anything wrong or caused anyone else or society any pain ever?

I blame Muslamical Gay Swans.

Shocking prison for that, our Criminal Justice System is f*****d.

I thought it was their ray guns?

What was the charge and is it a fair punishment?

Oh yeah, could be the ray guns, yeah, forgot about them…

Thin end of the wedge. Country’s going to the dogs etc etc etc….

Assault, suspended sentence and fine would be fair.

BAN THIS SICK FILTH! it could be Diana’s face the next time.

Whatever you might say about Murdoch, he is still a frail old man and should have his human rights protected more than others because of how famous he is.

Arseholes. He’s a very powerful man who should’ve got a smack in the teeth rather than a plate full of shaving foam.

Having said that, what that muppet did was no different to contempt of court, so on balance the prison sentence was probably right imo.

He pleaded guilty to assault and public order probably section 5 (unlikely to be 4) it is a ridiculous sentence. He should not have gone to prison.

I agree with MC with regards to our Criminal Justice System, utterly stupid decision and a waste of tax payers money.
I also agree with Yossarians point that the guy had no right to physically attack an 80 year old man (and I don’t like Murdoch one bit).

I reckon I should report the oddly guessed geezer I saw ‘attacking’ another oddly dressed geezer with a ‘custard pie’ a while ago. No idea where they both shopped, but both had way oversized shoes and trousers too short but with a waist so large they required braces! It’s no laughing matter!

How long is he being locked up for?

Isn’t Nick Clegg a nice man? I mean you watch him talking on telly and I dunno but I just trust him.

I think it’s a good thing that the police have become politicised. It means that the government can get things done quickly and not wait for ages whilst barristers and the like argue about it.

Pi55 taking aside, but he did try to demean the proceedings of a fairly serious matter – I think on balance he probably does deserve a quick stint up at the big house. Admittedly there are more deserving candidates out there for a custodial sentence but an inquiry into amongst other transgressions, the hacking of murder victims phones by the press, should not be the subject of high farce. It’s not the actual act of a pie in the moosh – it’s more about the context/setting in which the act took place.

It’s typical of todays lazy youth, he couldn’t even be bothered to make a real custard Pie, hang him.

I wooduv pooed in the plate before throwing it.

Might as well get hung for a sheep as a lamb….

Made me laugh when I read he’d been locked up, so he achieved his goal.

Surrounded by zulus… he got 6 weeks. Deluded, do you not think it is wrong though just because of the environment he got more? I do but hey I don’t know full facts, ie his previous etc.

an inquiry into amongst other transgressions, the hacking of murder victims phones by the press, should not be the subject of high farce

I thought it was high farce already. I thought they all denied knowing anything about any of it. And knowing anything about what each other was doing. Now maybe I missed something but that sounds like a pile of total and utter bullshit to me. In that ‘context’ I wonder how long their prison sentences will be?

Yoss – agreed, but it didn’t need matey turning up acting the clown.

MC – No I don’t for the reasons I’ve given. Despite how we feel about the quality of the testimony on offer, it was still a process worthy of serious attention/application and beyond custard pies and the like.

One hopes that it sets the bench mark for the other sentences that may or may not follow – but like everyone else I think it a thin to vanishing prospect that anybody further will be sent down in relation to this imbroglio.

It’s to encourage others not to be muppets. His intervention actually may have let Murdoch off the hook a bit and got him some sympathy from the committee.

In the street might have been another matter but in that committee it detracted from holding Murdoch to account.

Didn’t the guy who flour bombed The Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, get a tiny fine?

EDIT – £600!

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Court+fines+flour-bomb+father+pounds+600.-a0117240979

Munqe-chick – Member

I don’t know full facts, ie his previous etc.

His previous isn’t good :

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AfGQ2FEfK0&feature=related[/video]

When they do the US version of this enquiry, if someone should try to stick a pie in his face then, they will be shot.

3 weeks in poky looks reasonable in that case.

I’m glad he got sent down. Should stop other idiots trying similar stunts.

Couldn’t care who his target was.

I’m quite glad that someone that attacks an 80 year old serves time. The security breach embarrassment did him no favours however.

I don’t have a strong view on the length of the sentence, but perhaps three weeks might have been more appropriate? Intensely annoying is how this won Murdoch support and eased the pressure of the questioning. T**t!

Did he not throw a pie and get a smack in the mouth for his trouble?

Is a smack in the mouth reasonable force?

World gone mad bla bla.

Shouldn’t care who the target is but it matters as if it were you or i that got pied I doubt they would even bring charges.

Is a smack in the mouth reasonable force?

Sure. Shooting him would have been reasonable under the circumstances. And really funny.

Shoulda splurged him…

What are the dangers of acute exposure to shaving foam? Apparently several members of the tiswas cast have developed serious illnesses, I think we should be told.

Murdoch already appears to have amnesia, I think all charges should be dropped to be honest.

I don’t think it makes sense, £600 fine for flour bombing the PM, in the chamber (much bigger security breach IMO) compared to 6 months for pieing some old bloke at a public hearing.

She said she had also taken into account the fear of injury Mr Murdoch would have experienced, as he did not know what was in the pie.

But Tony Blair knew exactly what was being thrown at him, which is why they evacuated the chamber for a few hours after the flour bombing…

But Tony Blair knew exactly what was being thrown at him, which is why they evacuated the chamber for a few hours after the flour bombing…

I think her point was that Johnny F**kwit (or whatever his name is) didn’t know what was in the shaving foam and whether it could have harmed Murdoch.

The guy in the House of Commons knew flour wasn’t going to hurt anyone.

I trust all the scum at NOTW who were involved in the hacking will be treated as harshly. Actually,I don’t trust at all.

I think her point was that Johnny F**kwit (or whatever his name is) didn’t know what was in the shaving foam and whether it could have harmed Murdoch.

The wording is quite specific, it was Murdoch’s fear over what could have been in the pie that she took into account.

If he’d done that to an old biddy in the street he’d have been given a caution. Yet more proof that our JS is shit.

He wasn’t sent down for attacking Murdoch, was he?
Wasn’t he sent down for disrespecting the Parliamentary Session (or whatever it’s called)?

He’s a very powerful man who should’ve got a smack in the teeth

Seriously?

(Apart from the fact that “smacking” someone in the teeth will result in surgery for your hand).

don simon – Member
He wasn’t sent down for attacking Murdoch, was he?
Wasn’t he sent down for disrespecting the Parliamentary Session (or whatever it’s called)?

Public order section 5

assault and causing harassment, alarm or distress.