A British comedian who dramatically threw a plate of shaving foam at media titan Rupert Murdoch during a parliamentary hearing into the phone-hacking scandal was today jailed for six weeks. Jonathan May-Bowles admitted attacking 80-year-old Murdoch during a Commons committee hearing on phone-hacking last month involving News of the World,Britain's biggest- selling tabloid,which was closed down on July 7 amid public outrage. May-Bowles,26,who calls himself Jonnie Marbles,admitted assault and causing harassment,alarm or distress. He was sentenced at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. Murdoch and his son James were giving evidence before MPs at the Commons Culture,Media and Sport Committee on July 19 when May-Bowles rushed forward from the public gallery with a paper plate filled with foam. The substance hit Murdoch's jacket. He was tackled by a group of people including Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng who lunged to defend her husband and appeared to slap May-Bowles on the head. The commotion forced a 15-minute suspension of the session. After pleading guilty to the offences on July 29,the part-time comic said,I would just like to say this has been the most humble day of my life,mimicking Murdoch's statement to the MPs.
