• Man who egged Jeremy Corbyn jailed for 28 days
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47691606 A Brexit supporter who egged Jeremy Corbyn while yelling: "Respect the vote," has been jailed for 28 days. John Murphy, 31, admitted attacking the Labour leader with an egg following the MP's visit to a mosque in his Islington North constituency on 3 March. Mr Corbyn was "shocked and surprised" by the attack, which prompted his team to increase his security, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard. Magistrates said Murphy had attacked "our democratic process". Murphy, 31, from Barnet, north-west London, admitted the charge of assault by beating. The sentence seems pretty harsh, to be honest, but I'm interested to see what other people's view on this is.
"Respect the vote," says man refusing to respect other vote he doesn't like
That's way fucking harsh, seriously!? Jail? Not community service or suspended sentence full on fucking jail.
Jail for egging someone is completely ridiculous. Let alone an entire fucking month.
> Murphy, 31, from Barnet, north-west London, admitted the charge of assault by beating. There's a joke in there somewhere.
The British class system still persists, just under the radar. There's no way this reaction would be happening if I or a friend was hit with an egg, and it seems especially disproportionate considering that the police recently said that they don't even investigate 50% of crimes these days because they don't have the resources. People do far worse than this and just get fined or a few hours community service, so it does seem extremely unfair.
I disagree with the guy but 28 days jail really? Would a caution or at least like 4 hours of community service not do?
The suspect was whisked away by the police just after the horrific crime, in which a lethal missile was thrown at Corbyn whilst the world went into slow motion and only the distressed tones of 'YOLK-O, OH NO' emanated from Jeremy's pie-hole. The Labour leader was subsequently taken to hospital in an ambulence. pretty sure i deserve a box for every bad pun there
There's something funny going on in this thread? Everything is scrambled.
Ohh fuck off. It's just a fucking egg. He may have done it for a dipshit reason but it is just a damn egg.
a fine or an infraction, sure maybe, but jailtime? Fuck off
If that egg was still edible then I can understand the sentencing. Don't waste food in this soon to be post-apocalyptic Britain /s
It’s undeniably harsh, but considering this is the second time a politician has been egged in as many weeks, they probably was to nip any potential copycats in the bud with a stiff sentence.
It's worth pointing out that the egg wasn't thrown, but was rather slammed into corbyn by hand with enough force to leave a mark. If it was just thrown, the guy would probably have been let off without a charge.
I'm not saying he is a victim here, but 28 days seems a bit harsh for something that is technically a protest.
the dude clearly wasnt trying to physically harm the guy he was just bein a cunt, shoulda given em community service time or something, jailing him is going to do nothing but cause him to feel more resent towards the govt. the time he spends in jail can be spent doing something constructive but idk about Australias legal system and if there's infrastructure in place for that.
Corbyn is a Labour MP from the UK, not Australia.
honestly if the dude got punched that would be a more proportionate punishment than 28 days in jail
First the kid in Australia, now this. We we need to stop these vicious extremists with their eggs before it’s too late.
I bet you this nazi fuck pulled some strings to get the BOY (not man) jailed.
Who knows, a few eggs might crack some sense into all of these politicians.
Eggstremists
"I killed a man. What are you in for?"
FYI get got jail time because the judge wanted to make an example of it. It's understandable given the recent threats and attacks on MPs. The insane brexitier right have been getting more hostile towards MPs as they think their betraying brexit. Lots have been verbally abused and sent death threats etc
should be noted that it was effectively a punch that happened to contain an egg, not like the egg slap incident with Fraser Anning a couple of weeks ago.
One was assassinated before the referendum, Jo Cox by someone on the far right. It's a very real threat.
Yeah from what I've heard the guy didn't just chuck an egg at the back of the dude's head like with the Egg-boy situation, but basically punched Corbyn in the side of his face with an egg in his hand. There's CCTV footage in the article and you can even see his head move with the force of the blow. Don't let the egg fool you into thinking it's trivial, this is exactly the same shit I used to see around where I live- where chav cunts would hold a snowball in their hand, run up to schoolkids and floor them, and then try and play the whole thing off as ridiculous if coppers got involved because "omg I'm getting arrested for throwing a snowball at a kid????" As other posters have pointed out, It's also worth noting that the last time a Far-right moron decided to assault a Labour party politician, he fucking murdered her.
i swear you could get a lighter punishment for punching a police officer...
Pretty much this. It has been brought up in the last few days in Parlament AND especially since Theresa May's speech last wednesday that the sheer level of death threats MPs have been receiving recently has lead to members needing escorts and security to go about their daily lives. Everyone is terrified of another Jo Cox incident and with good reason.
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