Olympic bottle thrower ‘wanted Bolt to lose’

LONDON – A man who threw a bottle on to the track at the start of the men’s Olympic 100m final shouted that he wanted defending champion Usain Bolt to lose, a court has heard.

Friday, January 04, 2013
Ashley Gill-Webb.

LONDON – A man who threw a bottle on to the track at the start of the men’s Olympic 100m final shouted that he wanted defending champion Usain Bolt to lose, a court has heard.Ashley Gill-Webb, of South Milford, North Yorkshire, was arrested at the Olympic Stadium on 5 August.Dutch judo champion Edith Bosch said she had heard him shout "Bolt, I want you to lose”. After the plastic beer bottle was thrown, Ms Bosch said she had confronted him saying "Dude, are you crazy?” .In a statement read to Stratford Magistrates’ Court she said she had been "flabbergasted” because it was "disrespectful”.Security personnel detained Mr Gill-Webb, 34, who had pushed his way to the front of an exclusive seating area which he did not have a ticket for.Bolt went on to win the race in 9.63 seconds.Mr Gill-Webb has denied using threatening words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.