G20 protester jailed for attempt to set fire to bank guardian.co.uk

01.12.09

A demonstrator at the G20 peak who tried to burn down a bank in the City of London at the height of clashes with police was today jailed for two years.

Mindaugus Lenartavicius, a Lithuanian, recurrently attempted to set light to blinds at the Royal Bank of Scotland after a fellow protester had smashed windows.

CCTV footage showed Lenartavicius, hooded and wearing a balaclava, stepping back after each venture to see whether the flames had caught.

Each time they failed to take hold, he stepped forward and tried to set fire to the blinds again.

Southwark coronate court, in London, heard that, after he finally succeeded, smoke was "billowing" from the building, near the Bank of England in Threadneedle Thoroughfare.

Charlotte Welsh, prosecuting, said his efforts resulted in nothing more than singed blinds and "scorching" to the ceiling.

The barrister added that regard for attempts by Lenartavicius to conceal his identity, police relayed details of his distinctive studded hood to other officers and he was arrested a cut in on time later.

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You recognize, it's a shame that balaclavas are out of fashion these days. On a cold winter's morning, that's exactly the kind of thing I distress to wear when I'm cycling to work. Maybe I'll buy one and to heck with fashion. Or get someone to knit me one - it will need to be in bright colours and patterns, so people don't over I'm a terrorist.

I do also need to buy a cycle helmet. People keep telling me to, and my only real excuse for not getting one is that I'm too lazy. Perhaps I'll kill two birds with one stone and get a sort of super-strong balaclava that protects my head from all possible injury. I do require to keep my superhuman genius brain safe, after all...

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