London (CNN) -- A man who threw a shaving foam pie at media mogul Rupert Murdoch while he testified over the British phone hacking scandal has been jailed for six weeks, court officials told CNN Tuesday. Jonathan May-Bowles caused an uproar when he thrust the paper plate covered in foam towards the face of News Corp. CEO Murdoch at a hearing before lawmakers in London last month. Westminster Magistrates Court confirmed to CNN that Bowles, a self-described comedian and activist, had been sentenced to jail Tuesday over the public order offence. May-Bowles pleaded guilty last week to assaulting Murdoch, the British Press Association reported.
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Jonathan May-Bowles admitted throwing the foam pie at media mogul Murdoch
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It happened as Murdoch was testifying to British lawmakers over a phone-hacking scandal
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Murdoch was unharmed in the incident, broadcast live on television
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The judge said he had disrupted an important parliamentary process that should take place in a "civilized fashion," and that she had taken into account the potential alarm caused to @placeholder by the incident.