We were sentencing Edward Colston 'to death', statue-toppling protester tells trial
Jake Skuse, one of four on trial for criminal damage, tells court: ‘I knew I was in the right, I knew everyone wanted it down’
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Jake Skuse, one of four on trial for criminal damage, tells court: ‘I knew I was in the right, I knew everyone wanted it down’
“Democracy had well and truly broken down” over the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, a protester accused of toppling it has said.
Rhian Graham, who is accused of toppling the memorial of the slave trader, said there have been campaigns to have the statue removed since the 1920s.
Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 36, and Sage Willoughby, 21, will go on trial at Bristol Crown Court accused of criminal damage.
Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 36, and Sage Willoughby, 21, will go on trial at Bristol Crown Court accused of criminal damage.