Rock star’s son squirms as court sees antics

Charlie Gilmour pleaded guilty to violent disorder in May after joining thousands demonstrating in London’s Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square.

During the march on December 9 he was photographed hanging from a Union flag on the Cenotaph, a caper for which he has since apologised.

He appeared for sentencing at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court in south west London yesterday, accompanied by his rock star father and mother Polly Samson, who watched proceedings from the public gallery.

Their son covered his face with his hands and smiled in embarrassment as the court was shown footage of his antics.

He was first caught on camera in Parliament Square at 1.40pm, waving a plastic bag containing food.

Here he was heard to shout: “’Let them eat cake’, they said.

“We won’t eat cake, we’ll eat fire and ice and destruction because we’re angry, we’re f****** angry.”

Gilmour, from Billingshurst, West Sussex, was “thoroughly intoxicated” that day, said his barrister David Mr Spens QC.

Judge Nicholas Price QC added: “It was more than intoxication.”

The Cambridge University student was accused of throwing a rubbish bin that appeared to hit the Jaguar in a royal convoy that evening, but his defence disputed the allegation.

The student had no recollection of throwing the bin and there was no evidence he had done so said Mr Spens. Sentencing was adjourned until this morning.