Man who vandalised Churchill statue in Parliament Square found not guilty of criminal damage
Caspar San Giorgi was cleared after jurors rejected a criminal damage charge over graffiti that caused more than £7,000 in alleged losses, prosecutors said.
- On Monday, a jury at Southwark Crown Court acquitted activist Caspar San Giorgi, also known as Olax Outis, of criminal damage charges after he spray-painted slogans on the Winston Churchill statue in London.
- San Giorgi climbed the Parliament Square plinth on February 27, wearing a boiler suit reading "I support Palestine Action," and sprayed slogans including "Free Palestine" and "Stop the Genocide," causing an estimated £7,000 in damage.
- During trial testimony, San Giorgi argued his actions constituted "preventing a crime," claiming the washable paint caused no damage and that slogans directed at Sir Keir Starmer addressed Britain's actions in Gaza.
- A 10 Downing Street representative called the defacing "completely abhorrent," stating Sir Winston Churchill was a "great Briton" and the government would ensure the perpetrator was held to account.
- The acquittal reflects a trend where protesters utilize "preventing a crime" defenses, complicating efforts by law enforcement and heritage bodies to secure convictions for protest-related property defacement involving public monuments.
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Rolling over in his grave, day after day after day after day…
Winston Churchill would be absolutely devastated to see what his beloved country has turned into, the direct result of mass Muslim immigration. And shame on this far-left judge for letting this terrorist-supporting thug who vandalized the Churchill statue go scot free without even a slap on the wrist.
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Apparently This Is Not Criminal Damage… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A Dutch ‘activist’ who climbed Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square, sprayed it with “Zionist war criminal,” “Globalise the Intifada” and Hamas-style red triangles, then argued the graffiti didn’t count because it could be washed off, has walked out of Southwark Crown Court a free man. The bill for cleaning the monument ran into thousands. The man wh…
Martin Daubney fumes at vandal who 'desecrated' Winston Churchill statue after being cleared
Watch the moment GB News host Martin Daubney expresses his outrage after a man who vandalised the statue of Winston Churchill in London was cleared of criminal damage.Speaking on his GB News show, Martin fumed: "How can it be that our greatest ever Prime Minister is desecrated in such a way, free Palestine, stop the genocide, zionist war criminal, the plinth, the statue itself desecrated for all to see. "And this imbecile simply walks away scot …
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