Overview

• Fernstedt received a 15-month community order and a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement at Southwark Crown Court.
• A two-year restraining order bars him from entering Kensington Gardens and contacting Virginia Grey or Jon Ferguson.
• He was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after ramming resident Virginia Grey with his bicycle and attacking swan volunteer Jon Ferguson.
• The dispute began when Fernstedt continued to stroke, kiss and feed swans during a bird flu outbreak despite repeated warnings to stop.
• The 57-year-old represented himself at trial and was described by the judge as eccentric but not mentally ill after becoming homeless near Knightsbridge and receiving gifts from local residents.