A man who attempted to rip a large cross from the roof of a Church in east London has been arrested by Police and charged with criminal damage after footage of the incident started making the rounds on social media.
Footage posted on Twitter and Facebook appears to show a man repeatedly trying to pull a wooden cross from its base above the entrance to Chadwell Heath Baptist Church in Romford.
Yesterday workmen were preparing to put the cross back on the roof.
A local cafe owner who witnessed the desecration said: “I saw the guy first when I was opening up at 8am.
“He was sitting on the pavement bobbing his head back and forth.
“You could tell he had mental health issues. I don’t think he was local because I’d never seen him before. I think he might have be Algerian or Moroccan.
“He disappeared for a while after I first saw him, but then the next thing I know he’s climbed onto the church and he’s shouting random abuse.
“He was very angry and he started damaging the cross.
“He was shouting about religion but to be honest he wasn’t making much sense.
“An audience started to build waiting to see what he was going to do next.
“People were stood well back because they could see he was about to throw the cross.
“When it finally came crashing down it didn’t hit anyone thankfully.
“What happened next was so bizarre.
“The police hadn’t arrived yet so the guy just jumped down and started dragging the cross through the streets — a bit like Jesus did.
“Eventually he got tired and just sat down until the police arrived and nicked him.
“It was all so shocking.”
The Metropolitan Police said it was called to the church on High Road at 2.40pm on Sunday and arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage.
A spokesman for the force said the cross was recovered and the man remains in police custody.
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