Man Who Hurled Milkshake at Brexit Leader Nigel Farage Pleads Guilty to Assault

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage after being hit with a milkshake during a campaign walkabout for the European elections in Newcastle, United Kingdom, on May 20, 2019. Tom Wilkinson/PA via AP

A 32-year-old British man who was arrested for throwing a milkshake at a prominent politician has pleaded guilty to assault.

Paul Crowther was arrested on May 20 after throwing a banana salted caramel shake at Nigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, while Farage was in Newcastle for a campaign event.