The Queen Victoria statue on Woodhouse Moor has been defaced.The Queen Victoria statue on Woodhouse Moor has been defaced.
The Queen Victoria statue on Woodhouse Moor has been defaced.

'Racist, murderer, slave owner': Eight pictures of graffiti as Queen Victoria statue in Leeds is vandalised

The Queen Victoria memorial statue on Woodhouse Moor in Leeds has been sprayed with graffiti.

The graffiti includes the words 'racist', 'murderer' and 'slave owner', along with 'Black Lives Matter'. It is unclear who is behind the graffiti, but it follows statues of slave owner Edward Colston and Winston Churchill being targeted over the weekend (photos: Jonathan Gawthorpe). READ THE FULL STORY HERE.