'Batman' protest father jailed (United Kingdom)

Father GEOFFREY HIBBERT thinks he is demonstrating his exemplary parenting skills by spending 7 hours hanging from an overhead sign at Heathrow Airport. I disagree. It appears that the authorities disagree as well. Why not try tossing a ball around with your kids, mate? Or a trip to the park? Making yourself into a public nuisance just proves, well, that you're a public nuisance.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8154433.stm

Thursday, 16 July 2009 16:58 UK

'Batman' protest father is jailed

A fathers' rights campaigner who spent hours on an M25 gantry dressed as Batman has been jailed for six months.

Fathers 4 Justice activist Geoffrey Hibbert, 48, of Farnborough, Hampshire, spent seven hours on the overhead sign near Heathrow Airport last August.

He had denied a charge at Harrow Crown Court of causing a public nuisance and one of endangering motorists.

Last August's protest created traffic queues of up to 19km (12 miles) on the M25 and 32km (20 miles) on the M4.

Hibbert unfurled banners from the gantry during his protest.