Man in court for throwing shoe at Chinese premier

A PROTESTER who threw one of his shoes at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a lecture at Cambridge University behaved “unreasonably” and could have caused serious injury, it was alleged in court.

Martin Jahnke, 27, a German studying pathology at Cambridge called the Chinese leader a “dictator” and accused Cambridge University bosses of “prostituting themselves” by allowing him to speak, a district judge was told.

Jahnke threw the shoe towards the stage where Wen Jiabao was standing and it landed a few yards away from the Chinese prime minister, Cambridge Magistrate’s Court heard.