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Man charged over graffiti on Sir Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square
Caspar San Giorgio, 38, faces criminal damage charges after red paint slogans linked to Palestine protest were sprayed on Churchill's statue, police said.
- Caspar San Giorgio, 38, was arrested shortly after 4am on Friday and charged in the early hours of Saturday with criminal damage to the Sir Winston Churchill statue, remanded for a hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court later today.
- In the early hours of Friday, graffiti including `Zionist war criminal` and `Free Palestine` was sprayed on the bronze statue in Parliament Square, Westminster.
- Dutch group Free the Filton 24 claimed responsibility, posting a video on Instagram, while the bronze Churchill statue was cordoned off and cleaning began on Friday.
- Authorities linked San Giorgio's arrest to support for Palestine Action, with the Greater London Authority and Number 10 condemning the vandalism as 'completely abhorrent' and 'a disgrace'.
- The Parliament Square statue, a 12ft Churchill monument created by Ivor Roberts-Jones and unveiled in 1973, has been vandalised before, including graffiti in June 2020.
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Great Yorkshire RadioMan charged over graffiti on Sir Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square
Words including "Zionist war criminal", "Stop the Genocide" and "Free Palestine" were sprayed in red paint on the bronze statue in Westminster in the early hours of Friday.
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Man charged with criminal damage after Churchill statue defaced with graffiti
Police said he is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning.
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