FOR more than two hours he dozed in the seat next to me, looking bored by the drama unfolding in front of him.
From time to time I glanced at the blank expression of the shabby 20-something staring without interest at the Murdochs and wondered why he’d bothered to turn up.
When five protesters stood up in the wood-panelled Wilson Room and silently unfurled their posters, he barely even looked.
And as the rest of the room sat rapt at the testimony, he registered not a flicker of interest.
ACTION
Then, as the questioning finally started to draw to a close, he tensed ready for action.
In one movement, the scruffy man leapt over my handbag and was heading towards the Murdochs.
It made me jump with fright. I tried to shout, but my mouth was dry. I tried to grab the blue bag he held, but my body wouldn’t move.
And then he was just two feet from the 80-year-old newspaper tycoon, pulling a paper plate covered in shaving foam out of the bag.
Totally silent, the stocky, unshaven man – who we later learned was comedian Jonnie Marbles – pushed the “custard pie” into Murdoch’s face, knocking off his spectacles.
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/20/rupert-murdoch-attacked-wife-wendi-growled-at-custard-pie-thrower-in-rage-as-she-hit-him-115875-23283019/#ixzz1SgvRlVtJ
Go Camping for 95p! Vouchers collectable in the Daily and Sunday Mirror until 11th August . Click here for more information
When five protesters stood up in the wood-panelled Wilson Room and silently unfurled their posters, he barely even looked.
And as the rest of the room sat rapt at the testimony, he registered not a flicker of interest.
ACTION
Then, as the questioning finally started to draw to a close, he tensed ready for action.
In one movement, the scruffy man leapt over my handbag and was heading towards the Murdochs.
It made me jump with fright. I tried to shout, but my mouth was dry. I tried to grab the blue bag he held, but my body wouldn’t move.
And then he was just two feet from the 80-year-old newspaper tycoon, pulling a paper plate covered in shaving foam out of the bag.
Totally silent, the stocky, unshaven man – who we later learned was comedian Jonnie Marbles – pushed the “custard pie” into Murdoch’s face, knocking off his spectacles.
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/07/20/rupert-murdoch-attacked-wife-wendi-growled-at-custard-pie-thrower-in-rage-as-she-hit-him-115875-23283019/#ixzz1SgvRlVtJ
Go Camping for 95p! Vouchers collectable in the Daily and Sunday Mirror until 11th August . Click here for more information
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