Chalkist at Bristol Magistrate's Court

bristol | policing | announcement Sunday March 15, 2009 17:43 by Chris

Apparently chalking on the pavement is now to be considered criminal damage...

Paul Saville, a student at UWE, was sloganeering in chalk on the pavement. He was promptly arrested and taken to the police station where his DNA, fingerprints, and photos of him were taken and put on file. The police also went through the photos on his digital camera and noted the IMEI code of his phone. He is due to appear at Bristol Magistrates Court at 9:45 on Thursday 9th April, having been charged with criminal damage. Invite your friends, family, and whoever else you know to come and support someone who is on trial for something that should merit no attention whatsoever from the police.