A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty to damaging a display case containing the Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle. The incident occurred during a protest demanding lower baby product prices and government funding for food hubs.
A protester has admitted maliciously damaging a display case containing the Stone of Destiny at Edinburgh Castle last year. Joe Madden, 22, pled guilty to damaging the display cabinet in the crown jewels room by hitting it with a rock, hammer, chisel and similar implements.
The protest group This is Rigged claimed responsibility for the incident, which involved three activists and took place on November 15, 2023, demanding supermarkets reduce the price of baby products and for the Scottish Government to fund food hubs. Madden appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Christmas Eve, where he admitted a charge of causing damage to the cabinet while acting together with two others. He entered a plea of not guilty to a further charge of breaching the peace, which was accepted by the Crown. Fiscal depute Nadia Stewart told the court on the day of the incident a tour guide had been taking a group of eight or ten people through the crown jewels room. The tour guide heard someone say “this is a peaceful protest”, the fiscal depute said. Ms Stewart told the court the tour guide “turned around and saw the accused standing in front of the cabinet which contains the crown and stone of destiny”. The guide noticed the accused was in possession of “various items” and pressed her panic button, which prevented further tour groups from coming into the room. Ms Stewart continued: “She then saw what appeared to be spray paint being sprayed on to the cabinet.” The tour guide saw the accused holding a “brick or stone which he attempted to smash the cabinet with”, the court was told. Police later attended the castle in relation to the incident, the fiscal depute said
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