'They were part of orchestrated attacks against the police under the pretext of protecting statues.' Tobias_Ellwood tells KayBurley he is 'pleased' the man who urinated next to the memorial to PC Keith Palmer was sentenced to two weeks in prison. More:
Jailing him, Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot told Banks:"I accept you were drunk and did not know where you were urinating.
"The irony is rather than protecting the monuments, you almost urinated on one. That was more by luck than judgement.An elderly woman in the public gallery gasped and fled the courtroom with her hands over her head as Banks was jailed and made to pay £80 in court costs.White said the defence told the court that Banks had been battling alcohol addiction for two years and had been diagnosed with depression a year ago.
Banks was condemned on Twitter by Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood, who gave PC Palmer first aid as he lay dying after being stabbed by terrorist Khalid Masood on 22 March 2017. He shared the picture of Banks, which was taken during counter-demonstrations over the removal of colonial or slave-related monuments after one was pulled down by protesters in
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