Four charged after toppling of Edward Colston statue in Bristol
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four people have been charged with criminal damage over the toppling of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol this summer. The Crown Prosecution Service said Rhian Graham, aged 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 32, and Sage Willoughby, 21, will appear at Bristol Magistrates Court on 25 January for their first hearing. “It has become part of the story of the object, of the statue, so our job is to try and retain that as much as possible, while stabilising the statue for the long term.” Earlier this month, a figure of Darth Vader was placed on the plinth where the statue of Colston formerly stood, in an apparent tribute to David Prowse, the Bristol-born actor who died in November.
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