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Man hurled abuse at Bolt
A man screamed abuse at Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt before hurling a bottle at the start line of the men's Olympic 100m final, a court heard today.
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Ashley Gill-Webb's case adjourned
The case was adjourned until next Friday at 10am.
Ashley Gill-Webb was granted bail providing he stays at his own home address, or at hospital, except on the night before the trial continues.
'Gill-Webb threw bottle in lobbing motion captured on CCTV'
Prosecutor Neil King told the court Ashley Gill-Webb threw a bottle in the hushed stadium just as the race was about to get under way:
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Gill-Webb 'hurled abuse towards athletes in final'
Opening the case at Stratford Magistrates' Court in east London today, prosecutor Neil King told the court the Games had reached a highlight with the men's 100m final:
Gill-Webb denies using threatening words
Gill-Webb denies using threatening words or behaviour, with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
He also denies an alternative charge of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.
Man 'screamed abuse at Usain Bolt'
A man screamed abuse at Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt before hurling a bottle at the start line of the men's Olympic 100m final, a court heard today.
Ashley Gill-Webb, 34, pushed his way to the front of an exclusive seating area without a ticket and shouted things like: "Usain I want you to lose, Usain you are bad, you are an *," the court was told.
He then threw the beer bottle as the race - which Bolt went on to win in 9.63 seconds - started at the Olympic Stadium on August 5.
Gill-Webb, from South Milford, near Leeds, was confronted by Dutch judoka Edith Bosch, and then restrained by Locog volunteers and arrested by police, the court heard.