A woman alleged to have organised a protest that led to a statue being toppled into Bristol Harbour has pleaded not guilty to fraud charges relating to fundraising pages she allegedly set up in June 2020.
Xahra Saleem, 22, of Romford, east London, appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday accused of two counts of fraud by abuse of position.
A statue of Edward Colston was pushed into Bristol Harbour on June 7, 2020 during protests related to the global Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
Saleem is said to have been one of the organisers of the protest and had set up a crowdfunding page to raise money for masks and other equipment….