A bronze statue of Winston Churchill near the Houses of Parliament in London was vandalized with graffiti reading “Stop the Genicide” and “Free Palestine” as well as “Never Again is Now” and “Globalise the Intifada.”

As reported by the BBC, a 38-year-old man named Caspar San Giorgio was arrested after the incident on Friday and charged with criminal damage. In court he pleaded not guilty and claimed his name was Olax Outis, after which prosecutors informed the court of the different name on his passport.

A report in *The Art Newspaper* connected the vandalism to a claim that it was conducted by a Dutch activist group called Free the Filton 24 NL.…