Accused said Colston statue was ‘an abhorrent offence’ to Bristol, trial hears

Prosecution says fact Edward Colston was a slave trader is irrelevant' as four go on trial over statue toppling

A woman accused of helping to topple the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston told police it was an abhorrent offence" to the population of Bristol, a court has heard.

Rhian Graham was one of four people to go on trial at Bristol crown court accused of criminal damage of the 125-year-old bronze statue, which was pulled from its plinth during Black Lives Matter protests last year, and thrown in the River Avon.