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Rosie Shead

Man to face court on Monday after Churchill statue defaced with graffiti

The statue of Winston Churchill was defaced (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

A man will face court on Monday after graffiti was sprayed on a statue of Sir Winston Churchill, branding the former prime minister a “Zionist war criminal”.

The bronze monument in Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, was defaced with phrases including “Stop the Genocide” and “Free Palestine”.

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