‘Did it for all the people who couldn't’, says Murdoch’s foam pie thrower

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The activist who attempted to throw a shaving foam pie at News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch has defended his action claiming that he was acting on ‘behalf of phone hacking victims’.

In a self-justifying article, comedian and activist Jonnie Marbles claimed he had carried out his ‘circus crusade’ for all those who could not.

“Simply put, I did it for all the people who couldn't,” Marbles wrote in an article in The Guardian.

Marbles, who infiltrated a Commons select committee session to throw a shaving-foam pie at Murdoch, also bragged about how easily he dodged at security at Westminster.

“Parliamentary security, with its machine-gun toting cops and scatter X-rays is apparently no match for a man with some shaving-foam covered plates in his bag,” he wrote.

Marbles, whose real name is Jonathan May-Bowles launched himself across the room brandishing the plate of shaving foam. He was stopped by Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng who launched herself into his path to protect her husband.

“As it turned out, the whole thing was far too weird for me to string two thoughts together, particularly as Murdoch's wife rose from the chair to prevent and avenge her husband's humiliation,” Marbles added.

Marbles described Murdoch as ‘one of the insidious and toxic forces in global politics’.

He said News International was ‘a media empire built on deceit and bile, that trades vitriol for debate and thinks nothing of greasing the wheels of power until they turn in its favour.