A British protester who threw a plate of foam at Rupert Murdoch during a parliamentary hearing into the phone-hacking scandal has pleaded guilty to the assault charge.
Jonathan May-Bowles, a comedian who uses the name Jonnie Marbles, also admitted causing harassment, alarm or distress during a short hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, central London.
The 26-year-old, from Windsor, west of London, hurled the ‘foam pie’ at Murdoch's face towards the end of a meeting of the British parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
The 80-year-old's third wife, Wendi Deng, who was sitting behind the media mogul, immediately jumped up and appeared to hit the attacker.
The parliamentary hearing was adjourned for 15 minutes and the room was cleared.
Mr Murdoch returned to finish giving his evidence.
Mr May-Bowles will be sentenced later.
A tweet from Mr May-Bowles' Twitter account said: 'This has been the most humble day of my life'.
