Posted on 02/03/2005 2:08:27 PM PST by ambrose
Thu 3 Feb 2005
4:11pm (UK)
Man Discharged after Manure Attack on Kilroy-Silk
By Pat Hurst, PA
A man who covered TV pundit and politician Robert Kilroy-Silk with a bucket of manure walked free from court today.
David McGrath, 37, was given a conditional discharge by JPs at Manchester Magistrates Court.
Unemployed McGrath, of Wilmslow, Cheshire threw the bucket of slurry over Mr Kilroy-Silk because of his disparaging comments about Arabs and Muslims, the court heard.
McGrath pleaded guilty to three charges of causing criminal damage and one public order offence following the attack in Manchester on December 3 last year.
New Education Minister Ruth Kelly and Mr Kilroy-Silk’s driver were also splattered with the manure.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4234011.stm
Kilroy's manure attacker is freed
A man who threw manure over politician Robert Kilroy-Silk in Manchester has walked free from court.
David McGrath threw the slurry over the MEP after his controversial comments about Muslims and Arabs, Manchester magistrates heard.
The unemployed 37-year-old, of Altrincham Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, was given a conditional discharge by the court on Thursday.
He admitted three charges of criminal damage and one public order offence.
The incident happened outside Manchester High School for Girls on 3 December last year.
New Education Secretary Ruth Kelly was also caught in the crossfire as she and Mr Kilroy-Silk prepared for a recording of BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? political programme.
what the hell is wrong with the UK? the guy who did this should have been locked away.
Why do I have a feeling we'll be hearing about this guy again, seeing he's a member of TROP and all.
I have a serious suspicion Mr. Kilroy-Silk (what a name!) was just speaking the plain honest truth, but I can't be sure untill I can read the comments for my self.
What the ####?
Liberals judges of the world are making it clear that they believe people have a right to attack the truth.
What he wrote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1055383/posts
"In a piece, headed "We owe Arabs nothing", Kilroy-Silk claimed they had contributed nothing to the world apart from oil and referred to them as "suicide bombers, limb-amputators, women repressors".
He added: "What do they think we feel about them? That we adore them for the way they murdered more than 3,000 civilians on September 11 then danced in their hot, dusty streets to celebrate their murders?" "
Ah yes, when the shit hit the Tan...
I think the vast majority of people in the country are behind the slurry-thrower- Killroy is an amusingly egotistical joke of a public figure, and it really couldn't have happened to a nicer person. I hope his new party provides as much entertainment as his wonderfully successful time at UKIP did.
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