Four arrested after Tower of London display case containing State Crown defaced

Four people have been arrested after custard and apple crumble was flung at a display case containing Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.

Police were called shortly before 10:00 GMT on Saturday after four protesters defaced the case containing the Imperial State Crown, before two protesters left the scene.

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement four people had been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and taken into custody.

The Tower’s Jewel House has been closed to the public while the police investigation continues, the force said.

Take Back Power, which describes itself as a new non-violent civil-resistance group, claimed it was behind the act.

The group said it carried out the stunt to demand the UK government establishes a permanent citizen’s assembly – a “House of the People” – with the power to “tax extreme wealth and fix Britain”.

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