Woman charged after Captain Sir Tom Moore memorial defaced
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The life-sized steel silhouette honours the NHS fundraiser
A woman has been charged with criminal damage after what appeared to be faeces and urine were thrown over a memorial to Captain Sir Tom Moore.
Derbyshire Police said it happened on Thistley Meadow, in Hatton, Derbyshire, on Friday in an apparent climate protest.
Madeleine Budd, 21, of Kedleston Avenue, Manchester, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police on Sunday.
She is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
It is not the first time the memorial has been vandalised - graffiti was sprayed on it in December 2021.
The Army veteran became famous for his fundraising efforts during the first coronavirus lockdown
Captain Sir Tom became a household name during the Covid-19 pandemic when he set out to complete laps around his garden in a bid to raise money for the NHS.
By the time he reached his 100th birthday, he had raised nearly £33m.
The Army veteran died in February 2021.
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