A Sussex man has been bailed by police after being arrested over the “unauthorised projection” of a film about President Donald Trump and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein on to Windsor Castle.
Thames Valley Police said last night (Wednesday 17 September): “Four men arrested following an unauthorised projection on to Windsor Castle have been released on conditional bail until Friday 12 December while inquiries continue.
“A 60-year-old man, from East Sussex, a 36-year-old man, from London, a 37-year-old man, from Kent, and a 50-year-old man, from London, were all arrested yesterday (Tuesday 16 September).
“Those arrested are being investigated for a number of possible offences including malicious communications and public nuisance.”
Chief Superintendent Felicity Parker said: “We take any unauthorised activity around Windsor Castle extremely seriously.
“Our officers responded swiftly to stop the projection and four people have been arrested.
“We are conducting a thorough investigation with our partners into the circumstances surrounding this incident and will provide further updates when we are in a position to do so.”
The nine-minute film was created by a campaign group called Led By Donkeys and included footage of the history of the American president’s links with Epstein.
It also showed excerpts of documents recently released by Congress and said to include a letter from President Trump to the disgraced financier to mark his 50th birthday.
The campaigners projected the film from a hotel room near the castle and said that it was a “peaceful protest”, the group said yesterday.
The group was quoted as saying: “My colleagues were arrested for malicious communications, which seems ridiculous, because we’ve done 25 or 30 projections before (and) no one’s ever been arrested.
“So suddenly, because it’s Trump, you get this reaction, which is surprising, disappointing and very heavy-handed from police.
“They’ve been arrested for embarrassing Donald Trump.”
The American president was received by the King and Queen at Windsor Castle on Wednesday having landed earlier at Stansted airport.
