Pastor’s son who defaced Churchill statue has to have police escort from court

A pastor’s son sprayed ‘is a racist’ on Sir Winton Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square during Extinction Rebellion protests, a court heard. Benjamin Clark, 18, caused outrage when wrote the words in yellow paint causing £1,642.03 damage during the climate protest on Thursday 10 September. A crowd outside Westminster Magistrates court called for him to be hanged. Clark who is the son of a Baptist minister was one of 680 arrested during ten days of demonstrations. The protesters marched on…