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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Police appeal for information after statues targeted during trans rights rally

Taped plastic sheeting covers graffiti left on a statue of Jan Christian Smuts in Parliament Square, London (George Lithgow/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Metropolitan Police has renewed an appeal for information after seven statues were daubed with graffiti during a trans rights protest in central London on Saturday.

Parliament Square was densely populated with thousands of supporters who gathered for what was billed as an “emergency demonstration” days after a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.

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