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Jimmy Savile mannequin replaces Edward Colston statue torn down by protesters

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shell out for Daily Star's newsletter. It's FREE! Sign up today for the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inboxThe statue of a slavetrader that was torn down last month has been replaced with a mannequin of Jimmy Savile.

Black Lives Matter protesters used ropes to pull down a bronze statue of Edward Colton in Bristol and chucked it in the city’s harbour on June 7.

The Tory MP – who died in 1721 – was a member of the Royal African Company – which transported approximately 100,000 people from Africa to The Americas.More than 20,000 are thought to have died during the crossing.

Today, a mannequin dressed like notorious paedophile Savile appeared on the plinth, Bristol Live reports. The Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It.

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