The man who attacked Rupert Murdoch during Tuesday’s hearing is Jonathan May-Bowles, a self-described "writer, comedian, activist and blogger" and one of the founders of the anti-tax cut activist group UK Uncut, which has denied any involvement in the attack. May-Bowles has been charged with behavior causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place, and will appear before the City of Westminister Magistrates Court on Friday.
May-Bowles, 26, goes by the name Jonnie Marbles. Minutes before attacking Murdoch with what is thought to be shaving cream, May-Bowles tweeted “It is a far better thing that I do now than I have ever done before #splat”—a take on the final sentence from Charles Dickens' novel, A Tale of Two Cities.
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