to ring the council am I?... Didn’t ask them.” Skuse said the stunt had been “ to expose( Colston

Ponsford, 26, Jake Skuse, 33, and Sage Willoughby, 22, admitted involvement — but claimed the bronze

Raj Chada representedJake Skuse, one of four people who went on trial for criminal damage, and

Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, Sage Willoughby, 22, and Jake Skuse, 33, were acquitted after

Skuse, 33, and Sage Willoughby, 22, are accused of pulling the Colston statue off a plinth before

Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, Sage Willoughby, 22, and Jake Skuse, 33, were prosecuted for

, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, and Sage Willoughby, 22, and Jake Skuse, 33, were cleared of wrongdoing by a

MINISTERS may use a little-known power to stop “ woke jurors ” blocking justice after the so-called Colston Four were cleared.... The jury verdict came despite them admitting dumping a statue of 17th-century slaver Edward Colston in Bristol docks during a Black Lives Matter demo.... But he insisted: “ What you can’t do is go around seeking retrospectively to change our history....

A jury’s decision to clear four people of criminal damage after pulling down the statue of slave trader Edward Colston is a “ milestone ” in Britain coming to terms with its history, TV historian Professor David Olusoga has said. The bronze memorial to the 17th century figure was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol on June 7 2020, before being rolled into the water in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the US. Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26,

Race equality campaigners have welcomed the news that four protesters have been cleared of criminal damage over the toppling of the statue of the Bristol slave trader Edward Colston, hailing the defendants as “ heroes ”.... People of colour no longer feel safe to take direct action under this government.” “ As the old saying goes: no justice, no peace.... We have been so supported and we are such a small part of this really.” Asked what they would say to those who accused them of trying to “ c