A humble day for Marbles

Jonathan May-Bowles, who apparently calls himself Johnny Marbles, has appeared in court following his conviction of assault of Rupert Murdoch. He, Marbles, said that this was 'the most humble day of my life', quoting Rupert Murdoch's words. I find it linguistically interesting when a perpetrator (it's okay, we don't need 'alleged' now that he's been convicted) uses the words of his victim: is he trying to make himself out to be less of a perpetrator and more of a victim? However, this linguistic trick does not blind me to the fact that he has tried to assault an 80 year old, which is pretty disgusting whichever way you look at it.