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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 19 Oct 2012

    Trenton Oldfield jailed for 6 months after swimming into River Thames during Boat Race in London, UK. Details soon http://bbc.in/S0s3cZ 

    3:59 AM - 19 Oct 2012
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      1. Joel Benjamin‏ @Gian_TCatt 19 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking 6 months in jail for disrupting a few Toffs in boats, absolute disgrace! #TrentonOldfield #Elitism #DefendtheRighttoProtest

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      2. Jo Richards  🇬🇧 🇪🇺#FBPE #WATON‏ @JoRichardsKent 19 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Bankers robbed the UK & the World. No criminal charges or prison Isn't that what he was protesting? #FreeTrentonOldfield

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      3. Tiger‏ @ImaTigerrr 19 Oct 2012
        Replying to @JoRichardsKent

        @JoRichardsKent @BBCBreaking Orwell's 1984 scfi becoming reality, nightmare corrupt big society where wrong is right and right is wrong

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      1. Ed Debaes‏ @EdDebaes 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Nice one, great to hear good news for a change.

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      2. Jo Richards  🇬🇧 🇪🇺#FBPE #WATON‏ @JoRichardsKent 19 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Do you see a bias here? Bankers wreck world finance . . . #TrentonOldfield disrupts boat race . . . Who goes to prison?

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      1. Rob Maclese‏ @RobMaclese 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking and people worry about @pussy_riot in Russia. I bet this guy is on the phone to @amnesty right now, does he get a phone call?!

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      1. Emily Williams‏ @em__williams 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking unbelievable! You cannot arrest someone for swimming. Yes it was a disruption but 6 months in jail! #TrentonOldfield

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      1. Sara Davey‏ @Wumpy 19 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Wondered why there were so many press guys outside Isleworth Crown Court! Live just down the road.

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      1. Peter Kenyon‏ @PeterKenyon 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking How crass.

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      1. Ant Peacock‏ @Ant_NE 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking Excellent news!! I hope he enjoys his stay.

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      1. Dr Chris Murray‏ @chrispennywell 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking dinghy sailed thames as a child ,tried not to go for swim!

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      1. Gary Huskinson‏ @garyhuskinson 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking crime of the century and here's me thinking the jails are overcrowded!

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      1. Mark‏ @Mark_EFC_ 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking six months for that? Yet a pitch invader at a football match would get zilch. Obviously likes his canoeing does the judge!

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      1. GVWeir‏ @gvweir 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking REALLY? six months for that?

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      1. Living In A Box‏ @livinginabox 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking why don't you link to the article rather than to the front page? Bit annoying.

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      1. jim‏ @raggamuffin83 19 Oct 2012
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        @BBCBreaking i think that sentence is overly harsh... Think he should appeal.

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      1. Arron france‏ @ArronFrance 19 Oct 2012
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking what ?!? 6months ? For what? I know drug dealers who have got less! Assault carries less what an outrage

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