Apr 9 2009
A climate change protester who "slimed" Lord Mandelson has been given a caution.
Scotland Yard said Leila Deen has attended a central London police station and accepted the punishment "on the advice of the Crown Prosecution Service".
The 29-year-old, a member of the Plane Stupid campaign group, covered the Business Secretary in green custard as he left a meeting in the capital last month.
Police originally said they would not investigate the matter, but backtracked after former deputy prime minister John Prescott said it would be "totally unacceptable" to allow it to pass unchallenged.