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19th February 2003, 15:10
Decapitated Thatcher statue: "I think it looks better like this"
A brit has been sentenced for beheading a statue of the former premier secretary Margaret Thatcher to three months in prison. The man called his deed saw a political expression of opinion, the court a "criminal destruction" in this.
London -- the responsible judge George Bathurst Norman said he is sorry to have to send the defendants Paul Kelleher to prison. The justice has, however, the duty to protect property. Also Kelleher kept the polite form: "I am sorry that I have caused you all this trouble." Object of the method was Kellehers action in July last year. The theater producer had gone to the London Guildhall Gallery and next to the marble statue of the former prime minister, a Cricketschläger, to which only just unite two and a half meters of high statue, processed with an Absperrpfosten so long then, head was shorter. The damage to the 150,000 pounds (226,000 euros) expensive statue must be repaired now for about 10,000 pounds (15,000 euros).
The 37-year-old explained after the deed he has wanted to protest the too close relations between Great Britain and the USA with the destruction of the statue.
He welcomed the police with the words: "I think it looks better like this."
Margaret Thatcher had praised the work of the sculptor Neil Simmons before when "splendid". She is glad that Simmons shows her with her trademark: her purse. Actually the work of art is designed for the lobby of the House of Commons. The etiquette commands, however, that no statues of still living personalities are built there.
A brit has been sentenced for beheading a statue of the former premier secretary Margaret Thatcher to three months in prison. The man called his deed saw a political expression of opinion, the court a "criminal destruction" in this.
London -- the responsible judge George Bathurst Norman said he is sorry to have to send the defendants Paul Kelleher to prison. The justice has, however, the duty to protect property. Also Kelleher kept the polite form: "I am sorry that I have caused you all this trouble." Object of the method was Kellehers action in July last year. The theater producer had gone to the London Guildhall Gallery and next to the marble statue of the former prime minister, a Cricketschläger, to which only just unite two and a half meters of high statue, processed with an Absperrpfosten so long then, head was shorter. The damage to the 150,000 pounds (226,000 euros) expensive statue must be repaired now for about 10,000 pounds (15,000 euros).
The 37-year-old explained after the deed he has wanted to protest the too close relations between Great Britain and the USA with the destruction of the statue.
He welcomed the police with the words: "I think it looks better like this."
Margaret Thatcher had praised the work of the sculptor Neil Simmons before when "splendid". She is glad that Simmons shows her with her trademark: her purse. Actually the work of art is designed for the lobby of the House of Commons. The etiquette commands, however, that no statues of still living personalities are built there.