Three teens sentenced after 'free Palestine' graffitied on Rochdale Cenotaph
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThree teenagers have been sentenced for criminal damage after Rochdale Cenotaph was graffitied with the words 'free Palestine'.
The words were daubed on the war memorial in the town centre on November 7 last year, just a day after a separate incident in which two other teenagers damaged poppy wreaths while shouting anti-Semitic language.
Both incidents led to police guarding the memorial ahead of Remembrance Day. At the time, Rochdale Borough Council described the graffiti as 'totally unacceptable' while Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said it was 'disgraceful vandalism'.
Local residents said it was 'disrespecting those who had died'. READ NEXT: The 'extremely odd behaviour' of a Greater Manchester Police officer who kept her uniform after resigning Now, Adeem Ahmed and Amaan Tariq, both 18, and a 17-year-old youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been sentenced for criminal damage in relation to the incident.
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