Demonstrators protest outside the Ugandan embassy, in central London, on December 10, 2009. By Shaun Curry/Afp/Getty Images. The slight man in front of me with delicate features and dressed in a cream-colored linen shirt hardly seems like the man Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni knows not to arrest. But gay activist Frank Mugisha is a respected enemy of the state. Because he’s a public figure, the police can’t simply hold him; instead, they must follow the letter of the law, which only allows for the arrest of gays caught in sexual acts. His partner hides Mugisha’s identity from his well-to-do parents. He, perhaps unwisely, travels without bodyguards. And, perhaps luckily, more Ugandans know his name than his face. In a country where a majority of residents supported a bill that would have punished homosexuals with life in prison—or with the death penalty if they were H.I.
- 6/29/2010
- Vanity Fair
Actor plays bully Vincent Crabbe in films.
By Eric Ditzian
Jamie Waylett arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday
Photo: Shaun Curry / Afp / Getty Images
While his fellow castmates were celebrating the $100 million opening-day box office success of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," Jamie Waylett was in a London court on Thursday pleading guilty to growing marijuana, according to The Associated Press.
Waylett, who has played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in all of the six "Potter" films, was originally busted in April after police searched a car he was riding in and discovered eight bags of marijuana and a knife. Police then raided his mother's home and found 10 marijuana plants. The cannabis was reportedly worth approximately $2,900 and was growing under hydroponic lights, next to a PlayStation console.
Along with a friend, the 19-year-old Waylett pleaded guilty to growing the drug at a hearing at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
By Eric Ditzian
Jamie Waylett arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London on Thursday
Photo: Shaun Curry / Afp / Getty Images
While his fellow castmates were celebrating the $100 million opening-day box office success of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," Jamie Waylett was in a London court on Thursday pleading guilty to growing marijuana, according to The Associated Press.
Waylett, who has played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe in all of the six "Potter" films, was originally busted in April after police searched a car he was riding in and discovered eight bags of marijuana and a knife. Police then raided his mother's home and found 10 marijuana plants. The cannabis was reportedly worth approximately $2,900 and was growing under hydroponic lights, next to a PlayStation console.
Along with a friend, the 19-year-old Waylett pleaded guilty to growing the drug at a hearing at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.
- 7/17/2009
- MTV Music News
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