SEPTEMBER 1, 2003

Silverstone protester is finally released

The man who ran on to the race track at the British Grand Prix six weeks ago has finally been released from jail after being given a suspended two-month jail sentence for aggravated trespass. The former Roman Catholic priest said outside Northampton Magistrates' Court that he believed that God had protected him when he ran onto to the race track to try to get more more peope to read the bible.

Horan said he had no intention of embarking on any similar stunts in the future.

The fact that Horan spent so long in jail should be a deterrent to anyone else taken with the desire to use the British Grand Prix as a means of advertising...