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| Olympic 100m bottle throw: Man 'wanted Usain Bolt to lose' | Olympic 100m bottle throw: Man 'wanted Usain Bolt to lose' |
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| A man who threw a bottle on to the track at the start of the men's Olympic 100m final shouted that he wanted defending champion Usain Bolt to lose, a court has heard. | A man who threw a bottle on to the track at the start of the men's Olympic 100m final shouted that he wanted defending champion Usain Bolt to lose, a court has heard. |
| Ashley Gill-Webb, of South Milford, North Yorkshire, was arrested at the Olympic Stadium on 5 August. | Ashley Gill-Webb, of South Milford, North Yorkshire, was arrested at the Olympic Stadium on 5 August. |
| Dutch judo champion Edith Bosch told Stratford Magistrates' Court she heard him shout "Bolt, I want you to lose". | |
| Mr Gill-Webb denies two public order offences. | Mr Gill-Webb denies two public order offences. |
| After the beer bottle was thrown, Ms Bosch said she had confronted him saying "Dude, are you crazy?" . | After the beer bottle was thrown, Ms Bosch said she had confronted him saying "Dude, are you crazy?" . |
| She said she had been "flabbergasted" because it was "disrespectful". | She said she had been "flabbergasted" because it was "disrespectful". |
| Security personnel detained Mr Gill-Webb, 34, who had pushed his way to the front of an exclusive seating area which he did not have a ticket for. | |
| Bolt went on to win the race in 9.63 seconds. | Bolt went on to win the race in 9.63 seconds. |
| Mr Gill-Webb has denied using threatening words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress. | |
| He has also denied doing the same within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress. | |
| Prosecutor Neil King told the court it was accepted that Mr Gill-Webb was "unwell at the time" but that it was a matter of luck that there had not been a more serious outcome for the competitors. | Prosecutor Neil King told the court it was accepted that Mr Gill-Webb was "unwell at the time" but that it was a matter of luck that there had not been a more serious outcome for the competitors. |
| He said: "This bottle landed extremely close to the athletes. | |
| "The shouting and jostling had already alarmed and disrupted those around him but throwing the bottle was a step even further." | |
| Det Con Kevin Guest, from the Metropolitan Police, told the court Mr Gill-Webb's DNA was later found on the bottle. | |
| He said CCTV footage showed him throwing the object. |