The alteration made on May 1, 2000 |
......... | The second defacement on January 13, 2007 |
Winston Churchill Statue |
London, England Dates of incidents: 05/01/2000, 01/13/2007 |
During the anti-capitalist May Day protests in London in 2000, a statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, was daubed in red paint, given a grass mohawk, and the plinth was covered in graffiti. Twenty-five year old Cambridge student and veteran James Matthews admitted to the action and was sentenced to 30 days imprisonment and $250 in fines to the Royal Parks Agency. On January 13, 2007, this same statue was again defaced by red paint poured on its stone plinth. |
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