Caspar San Giorgio to appear in court after defacing London statue with slogans including ‘Zionist war criminal’
A 38-year-old man has been charged with criminal damage after Winston Churchill’s statue outside the Houses of Parliament was sprayed with graffiti labelling the former prime minister a “Zionist war criminal”.
The Metropolitan police arrested Caspar San Giorgio, of no fixed address, shortly after 4am on Friday. He was charged in the early hours of Saturday morning and is due to appear at Highbury Corner magistrates court in London.
Phrases including “stop the genocide” and “free Palestine” were also sprayed in red paint on the bronze sculpture in Parliament Square, central London. Other graffiti read “never again is now” and “globalise the intifada”.
Last December, the Met and Greater Manchester police said that anyone chanting the slogan “globalise the intifada” would face arrest. San Giorgio has been charged with criminal damage.
