Boat race: Protester denies charge

The protester who disrupted this month’s Boat Race,Trenton Oldfield, has been banned from coming within 100 metres of the Olympic torch and from visiting the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (PA)

A swimmer "protesting about elitism" brought chaos to this year's University Boat Race when he jumped into the Thames and brought it to a dramatic halt, a court heard yesterday.

Trenton Oldfield, 36, stopped the annual contest for half an hour on 7 April, Isleworth Crown Court was told. Oldfield denies a charge of causing a public nuisance.