Four people are charged with criminal damage after statue of Edward Colston was toppled

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BREAKING NEWS: Four people are charged with criminal damage after statue of Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into Bristol Harbour in June

  • Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 32, Sage Willoughby, 21, all charged with criminal damage
  • The statue of 17th-century slave trader Colston was toppled on June 7
  • Suspects due to appear together at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on January 25 

By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline

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Four people have been charged with criminal damage after a statue of Edward Colston was thrown into Bristol Harbour in June.

Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 32, and Sage Willoughby, 21, are all due to appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on January 25, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

The statue of 17th-century slave trader Colston was toppled on June 7 during a Black Lives Matter protest and dumped in the River Avon.

The incident sparked the destruction of other statues all over UK linked to Britain’s colonial past.

Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 32, and Sage Willoughby, 21, are all due to appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on January 25 related to the destruction of the Edward Colston in June (pictured)