August 02, 2011 09:00 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 01:29 am IST - LONDON
Jonathan May-Bowles arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Tuesday.
An activist who hit Rupert Murdoch with a shaving foam pie as the mogul testified to British lawmakers has been sentenced to six weeks in jail.
Jonathan May—Bowles pleaded guilty last week to assaulting the 80-year-old media tycoon as he gave evidence to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee in July.
He was sentenced on Tuesday at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
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