Four people accused of pulling down a controversial statue of slave trader Edward Colston have been found not guilty of criminal damage.

Rhian Graham (30), Milo Ponsford (26), Sage Willoughby (22) and Jake Skuse (33) had been charged with criminal damage.

The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest on June 7 last year, before being dumped in Bristol Harbour.

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