A woman who poured human waste over a memorial for Captain Sir Tom Moore has been spared an immediate jail term. Madeleine Budd, 21, caused “outrage among society” with the stunt which was filmed and shared on social media, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard on Wednesday (October 26).
The court was told Budd had been living in a caravan with a chemical toilet, so the substance was “readily available”. She defaced the life-sized statue of the World War Two veteran in Thistley Meadow, Hatton, south Derbyshire, in an environmental protest on September 30.
At the time Budd was in breach of a conditional discharge, imposed earlier this year for an invasion of the Oval cricket ground when she targeted the statue – a silhouette of Sir Tom – while wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “End UK private jets”. She was also under investigation by two police forces and due to appear before magistrates by postal requisition.
