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Cambridge shoe hurler acquitted

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-06-03 09:59

LONDON: A protester who threw a shoe at Premier Wen Jiabao during a lecture at Cambridge University in February has been cleared of any offense, the UK's Press Association reported last night.

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The judge said there was insufficient evidence to prove that Martin Jahnke behaved in a way likely to cause harassment or alarm. Judge Ken Sheraton told Jahnke, a German, that the not-guilty verdict should not be seen as an indication that the court condoned his behavior.