They admitted involvement in the toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, and all in full view of CCTV cameras.
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But the four defendants accused of criminal damage all denied their actions were criminal.
They reacted with triumph after a jury at Bristol Crown Court acquitted them.
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