One of the four people cleared of criminal damage of the statue of Edward Colston has said she is 'not disheartened' after a Court of Appeal ruled that one of the defences she and her co-accused used in court should not have been put.
Rhian Graham, one of the Colston 4, said the ruling by the Court of Appeal could not dent the 'positive impact' the toppling of the statue two years ago had, or that the jury acquitted the four of any crime earlier this year.
The Court of Appeal ruling does not affect the verdict in the Colston 4 case retrospectively, but human rights groups and legal experts have said they are concerned that it chips away at the rights to protest held by everyone in Britain.
