Pie-thrower convicted of assaulting Rupert Murdoch
By Associated Press
Jul 29, 2011 6:14 AM CDT
Jonathan May-Bowles leaves Westminster Magistrates Court after answering charges of a public order offence in London, Friday, July 29, 2011. May-Bowles is accused of throwing a plate of shaving foam at media tycoon Rupert Murdoch as he gave evidence to a British Parliamentary select committee on July...   (Associated Press)

A British man who threw a shaving-cream pie at media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has been convicted of assault and causing harassment.

Jonathan May-Bowles hurled the pie at Murdoch on July 20 as he was giving evidence to a Parliament committee over the tabloid phone-hacking scandal.

The 26-year-old protester admitted the crime when he appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court Friday.

The attack was captured by live cameras as audiences from America to Murdoch's native Australia watched the baron endure a three-hour grilling by lawmakers probing allegations that the News of the World hacked into cell phones and bribed police to get information on celebrities, politicians and crime victims.

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