Comedian Lee Hurst fined for smashing audience member's camera phone

The comedian Lee Hurst pleaded guilty today to smashing an audience member's mobile phone at one of his stand-up gigs because he believed it was being used to film his performance. [via The Guardian]

The stand-up comic abused the audience member and grabbed his handset, worth £80, before returning to the stage and smashing it on the floor during his performance at the Stoke pub in Guildford, Surrey, on 3 September last year, Guildford magistrates' court heard.

Hurst believed the audience member – who claimed to be sending a text message – was filming him, the court was told. Hurst dismissed the texting claim, arguing that the man's mobile phone had been following him across the stage. He said: "I moved to the right and the light followed me. I moved back to the centre and the light followed me again."

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