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InformationCharlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyds' David Gilmour, has been freed, four months after he was jailed for violent disorder during a student fees protest in London. Charlie was originally jailed for 16 months in July.
Charlie, joined thousands of protesters in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square on 9th December 2010 to demonstrate against an increase in university fees: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15734986.
Charlie Gilmour, 21, was under the influence of alcohol, when he was seen hanging from a union flag on the Cenotaph and later leaped on the bonnet of a Jaguar car forming part of the royal convoy taking the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to the royal variety performance.
Do you think that Charlie gave other student protestors a bad name? Do you think he deserved his jail sentence? Why do you think he was released from jail early? Read more: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/07/charlie-gilmour-months-tabloid. Have your say!



