LONDON (Reuters) - Two men will appear in court today charged with threatening behaviour in connection with an incident in which flour-filled condoms were hurled at Prime Minister Tony Blair in the House of Commons.
Patrick Davis, 48, and Guy Harrison, 36, are scheduled to appear at Bow Street’s Magistrates court in London at 10 a.m.
The flour bombs hit Blair as he was on his feet for the prime minister’s weekly questions session. Purple powder rained down on MPs as a number of condoms burst in mid-air.
Fathers-4-Justice, which fights for equal rights of access to children for divorced fathers, said the stunt was one of a number of protests planned ahead of Father’s Day on June 20.
No one was injured in the incident but it sparked fears that lax security could have let terrorists launch a biological or chemical attack.
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The protest renewed concerns about security in parliament, just weeks after a screen was erected in the public gallery after an intelligence warning that attackers could release anthrax or ricin into the chamber.
