A MAN has been charged after activists defaced a statue of Sir Winston Churchill’s.
Red paint was scrawled across the Westminster memorial to the wartime Prime Minister reading “Stop the genocide” and “Never again is now.”
Caspar San Giorgio of no fixed address, was arrested shortly after 4am on Friday in connection with the vandalism, cops said.
The 38-year-old has since been charged with criminal damage in connection with the incident.
He was remanded and is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court later this morning.
The graffiti appeared overnight on Friday on the memorial in Parliament Square.
Wardens were spotted trying to cover the graffiti with bin bags and tape.
The 12ft bronze statue – which has been in the square since 1973 – has been cordoned off while it is cleaned.
The police said that officers were at Parliament Square “within two minutes”.
A Met Police spokesperson previously said: “Shortly after 0400hrs on Friday February 27 a man was seen spraying graffiti on the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square.
“The first officers were on the scene within two minutes.
“The man – who is 38 – was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage.
“He remains in custody.”
