[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14150800

Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, has been jailed for 16 months for a rampage at a student fees protest in London.

Gilmour, 21, was accused of throwing a bin at a convoy of cars containing Prince Charles, sitting on a protection officer's car and smashing a window.

The Cambridge University student, of Billinghurst, West Sussex, was bailed in May so he could finish his exams.

Kingston Crown Court heard he had taken LSD and valium before the incident.

Gilmour was among thousands of people who protested in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square on 9 December 2010 and was photographed hanging from a union flag on the Cenotaph during the march.

He was also seen leaping on to the bonnet of a Jaguar car that formed part of a royal convoy and hurling a rubbish bin at the vehicle.

He was filmed shouting: "They broke the moral law, we're going to break all the laws."

Gilmour entered a non-specific guilty plea during a hearing in May.

Harsh, but fair .....

[joeysteele]

It was to be expected a custodial would happen with the Royal convoy being involved as to it too.

Surprised at 16 months though, no one was hurt,courts should not speculate what 'could' have happened,I expected a 6 to 9 months sentence maximum.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

It was to be expected a custodial would happen with the Royal convoy being involved as to it too.

Surprised at 16 months though, no one was hurt,courts should not speculate what 'could' have happened,I expected a 6 to 9 months sentence maximum.

I have no doubt that he'll be sent to a "soft" prison and be released within 6 months, having either "learned his lesson" or "become a right villain" .....

[Stu]

And what of it? Somehow I doubt he is a career criminal. Six months will do him just fine and scare the balls off him. I doubt he will be dropping acid and chucking bins around again.

GIVE HIM THE CHAIR. ZERO TOLERANCE. THIS IS THE END OF THE UNITED KINGDOM!

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Omah

I have no doubt that he'll be sent to a "soft" prison and be released within 6 months, having either "learned his lesson" or "become a right villain" .....

I am sure you are right on that,maybe even released after 4 months,a quarter of the sentence.He'll certainly be out by Christmas.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I am sure you are right on that,maybe even released after 4 months,a quarter of the sentence.He'll certainly be out by Christmas.

Just in time for a bit of looting ..... , I mean shopping .....

[arista]

Pink Floyd star's shamed son jailed for 16 months

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1SCNpRHnd


Yes Jail is best
for this Rich Punk who says he was High on Drugs.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

It was to be expected a custodial would happen with the Royal convoy being involved as to it too.

Surprised at 16 months though, no one was hurt,courts should not speculate what 'could' have happened,I expected a 6 to 9 months sentence maximum.

If he is good
he is out with his sore bum
in 8months.

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15490830

Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, has lost an appeal against his sentence for violent disorder during a student fees protest.

Gilmour, of Billingshurst, West Sussex, who swung from a Union flag on the Cenotaph during the demo last December, was jailed for 16 months in July.

The Cambridge University student admitted attacking a shop in Oxford Street and a car in the royal convoy.

Judges at the Court of Appeal said his jail term was not "unduly harsh".

Lord Justice Hughes said the court was unable to say that his sentence was "arguably either manifestly excessive or wrong in principle".

The history student joined thousands of protesters in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square, on 9 December last year, to demonstrate against an increase in university fees.

Mannequin leg

Glimour was found guilty by a judge at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court of throwing a rubbish bin at a vehicle that was part of the royal convoy.

He was also found to have kicked at the window of Topshop's flagship store on Oxford Street and ended up in possession of the leg of a mannequin.

The judge in the case accepted the antics at the Cenotaph did not form part of the violent disorder, but described it as "outrageous and deeply offensive behaviour".

At the Appeal Court hearing, lawyers for Gilmour argued he knew the "significance" of the monument but did not realise he was dangling from a war memorial.

Judges also heard Gilmour had taken LSD and valium before joining the protests.

Well, I am surprised - presumably he'll have to do another 4 months or so "inside" .....