Hours earlier, as the suspect entered the court for questioning, enraged protesters threw eggs at him, grabbed his tie and jostled him.

When he was cast in 1960, The Times quoted a London critic who called the young actor "a blazing new talent."

Bannister said he felt "right at home" on the track where he ran the mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds on May 6, 1954.

"We have shown that climate change has indeed altered the odds of some of the events that have occurred," Peter Stott said.