Activist 'defaced Westminster Abbey statue'

An activist who allegedly defaced a statue at Westminster Abbey in a protest against the family court system will continue to be questioned by police today.

Officers were called to the abbey on Sunday evening.

Cheryl Corless, a campaigner for pressure group Stolen Children of the UK (S.C.O.T. UK), was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after entering the central London church and allegedly spraying the statue on the left hand of the nave, protest group Fathers4Justice said in a statement.