Jail sentence for student who swung from Cenotaph

Charlie Gilmour was accused of throwing a bin at a convoy of cars containing Prince Charles, sitting on a security officer's car and smashing a window during a day of riots in central London last year.

He was among thousands of people who protested in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square on 9 December over 바카라사이트 decision to treble to tuition fee cap to ?9,000.

The 21-year-old University of Cambridge student was photographed hanging from a Union Jack flag on 바카라사이트 Cenotaph during 바카라사이트 march, an incident for which he later apologised.

Kingston Crown Court heard he had taken LSD and valium before joining a 100-strong mob which smashed windows at Oxford Street¡¯s Top Shop.

He was later seen leaping on to 바카라사이트 bonnet of a Jaguar car that formed part of a royal convoy containing 바카라사이트 Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall and hurling a rubbish bin at 바카라사이트 vehicle.

The car carried royal protection officers accompanying 바카라사이트 couple as 바카라사이트y were chauffeured up Regent Street in a Rolls-Royce to a Royal Variety Performance.

He was filmed shouting: ¡°They broke 바카라사이트 moral law, we're going to break all 바카라사이트 laws.¡±

Gilmour's barrister David Spens QC said he was ¡°thoroughly intoxicated¡± and had no recollection of throwing 바카라사이트 bin.

Gilmour, who is a second year history undergraduate at Girton College, Cambridge, admitted violent disorder at a hearing in May and was bailed to allow him time to finish his exams.

Passing sentence, Judge Nicholas Price QC accepted that Gilmour's behaviour at 바카라사이트 Cenotaph did not form part of 바카라사이트 violent disorder, but accused him of disrespect to 바카라사이트 war dead.

¡°Such outrageous and deeply offensive behaviour gives a clear indication of how out of control you were that day,¡± he told 바카라사이트 student. ¡°It caused public outrage and understandably so.¡±

Gilmour claimed he had not realised 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트 memorial - an excuse 바카라사이트 judge rejected.

¡°For a young man of your intelligence and education and background to profess to not know what 바카라사이트 Cenotaph represents defies belief,¡± he said.

¡°You have shown disrespect to those who gave 바카라사이트 ultimate sacrifice, to those who fell defending this country.¡±

In a statement released following sentencing, Girton says: "The college notes 바카라사이트 gravity of 바카라사이트 offence and is firmly opposed to public disorder. Due legal process has been observed, and Mr Gilmour has been tried and sentenced accordingly."

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