ACT police charge 20-year-old man with vandalising Australian War Memorial and ABC buildings

Matt Shrivell
The Nightly
Police have charged a man for vandalising the Australian War Memorial.
Police have charged a man for vandalising the Australian War Memorial. Credit: LUKAS COCH/AAPIMAGE

The man allegedly responsible for vandalising one of Australia’s most sacred sites has been charged by police.

A 20-year-old man has faced the ACT Magistrates Court after allegedly vandalising the Australian War Memorial and the ABC Canberra building earlier this year.

Police allege the man spray-painted slogans on the exterior of the ABC Canberra building on Northbourne Avenue on four occasions in February and March.

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The man also allegedly spray-painted slogans on the exterior of the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in June.

Following an investigation where police released CCTV footage from the AWM incident, the man attended Gungahlin Police Station on Thursday morning and was arrested and charged with five counts of damaging property.

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