In Britain, Banksy creates T-shirt to help statue-toppling defendants

Customers inside Rough Trade in Bristol, England hold T-shirts designed by street artist Banksy, being sold to support four people facing trial accused of criminal damage in relation to the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston. The anonymous artist posted on Instagram pictures of limited edition grey souvenir T-shirts which went on sale over the weekend. Photo: AP

Hundreds of people lined up recently in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy - a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over the toppling of a local statue of a slave trader.

The grey shirt features the word Bristol above the empty plinth on which the statue of 17th-century slave merchant Edward Colston long stood, with a rope hanging from it and debris scattered around.