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JERUSALEM | Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:36pm EDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A man who threw a shoe at Israel's chief justice, knocking her off the bench, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in jail.

"This kind of incident must never happen again and this punishment is a warning to others," said Jerusalem magistrate Shimon Feinberg, sentencing Pini Cohen, 52, for the attack.

Shouting "you're corrupt," Cohen threw two shoes from the spectators' gallery at Chief Justice Dorit Beinisch during a Supreme Court hearing in January.

One hit her between the eyes and she was knocked to the floor. She returned to the bench minutes later.

Cohen said he believed he had been treated unfairly by Israeli courts in divorce proceedings.

(Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Andrew Dobbie)
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GladiusPrimus wrote:
I feel for the lady, but I’m glad someone eventually found their target as a lot of shoes have been tossed around over the last few years, missing their mark. Mr Cohen is unfortunately too old and will be older upon release to bowl in one of the sports that require a bowler or pitcher.

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Calypso wrote:
Actually, I live in Israeland Israelis are some of the rudest people in the world. Once you get to know them, of course, they’re really nice people, but they can be some of the rudest and most brutally honest people I know.

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Redpalacesox wrote:
What we need is a World Cup for shoe throwing. It could be sponsored by Buster Brown or Payless.

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