A man has been charged after a statue of Sir Winston Churchill was defaced with graffiti.
Words including “Zionist war criminal” were sprayed on the statue in Parliament Square in Westminster in the early hours of Friday.
Caspar San Giorgio, 38, of no fixed address, was arrested shortly after 4am on Friday, police said.
Pic: PA
He was taken into custody and charged at 3.50am today.
He was remanded and is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court later this morning.
He was also arrested on suspicion of supporting Palestine Action, which is a proscribed organisation, under the Terrorism Act. the Metropolitan Police said on Friday.
The statue was cordoned off and was cleaned on Friday.
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