His Only Crime Was Interpretive Dance (and murder)

[hellison]

The trial of Michael stone, lunatic, spree killer and Performance Artist, continues, for his attempted attack on Stormont , in which after making his way very slowly up the Very Long Drive (bear in mind he is a well know and Very Recognisable person) to Stormont, daubed graffitti over the walls of Parliament Buildings, he was finally thwarted by a revolving door.
The building was evacuated by the Speaker, trying to shut up the assembled politicions and eventually resorting to "ORDER! Unless you want to sit here and get bombed" (you really couldn't make this up ;p)

Yesterday, he got have his say on teh stand.
His defence - it was Performance Art to enliven the peace process (which, I guess it did), and he was "...a comic parody of my former self" - which he has also managed. So well done there. It actually sounds like he could be serious. Or deranged.

Of course the fact that he had a replica gun, nail bombs, knives and a garotte was also only part of the act. Honest.


My new favourite bit is this tho - he dyed his hair and goatee beard so he would not look "overweight and grey-haired" in front of the world's media and press gathered for the day's events".

(all from here )

We do breed a very special kind of lunatic here.

ETA there is MOAR

The prosecution have described him as "an egocentric killer with a penchant for publicity" , which sounds about right.

Also, he once planned to assassinate Ken Livingstone. Which is nice.

Comments

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

Performance art eh?
How they must have laughed.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. I'm sure the security guards faced with a known murderer and psychotic waving a gun about and screaming that he had a bomb found it Hilarious.

(what is hilarious is the way they trapped him in teh revolving door, pulled the gun off him and hit him over the head with it. Then SAT on him til the cops arrived. Good times.)

[failing-angel.livejournal.com]

Well I hope the art involved audience participation, if only the guards had enacted a piece of installation work - of the 9mm kind.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I think they settled for teh bashing over the head and sitting on. It was a very very strange thing. And all filmed, making for some v. entertaining clips ;)

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

You've got to hand it to him, he is the most entertaining terrorist ever. Maybe Quentin will make a film about him now, though I feel Blake Edwards (is he still alive?) would be more appropriate.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

He's certainly achieved the comedic parody part, if only for the bizarrest defence to attempted murder/terrorism charges EVER.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

best news story ever! ever ever!

eta: a bird-shaped pair of scissors as a "begrudging" symbol of Irish republicanism

*hurts self*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

that whole article is gold! that is high-level wtfery!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I know! I nearly quoted the entire thing, there's just SO MUCh in there. But the hair dying was such a nice touch ;p

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

It is a work of beautiful genius.

GENIUS I TELL YOU!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Maybe you could enlist his help for your FSM pamphlet and any associated demonstrations?

[being-here.livejournal.com]

A bird shaped pair of scissors you say? You don't suppose he was trying to summon the Giant Irish Cock with those do you?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

almost CERTAINLY!