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Protesters throwing a statue of Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, June 2020. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Protesters throwing a statue of Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, June 2020. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Tue 16 Mar 2021 09.38 EDT Last modified on Tue 16 Mar 2021 14.59 EDT Such a strong look for the government’s police, crime, sentencing and courts bill to allow for longer sentences for attacking statues than are handed down for attacking women. What if the victim of crime is one of those living statues who busk in public spaces – a Queen Victoria, say, or a Statue of Liberty? Do you prosecute the defendant as though he’s merely harmed a woman, or do you go for the fullest force of law and treat him as if he has defaced an inanimate object? ....