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But wheelchair user Dawn Beck, from Bradford, was among those who took to social media to criticise the structure's design.

Solicitor Mr Raja was in court representing Bradford Council on other matters.

Bradford's newest music venue has the potential to boost the council's income by £17m over the next 25 years, the authority has said.

The entrepreneur claimed the encounter was consensual but a jury at Bradford Crown Court took just 80 minutes to convict him.

Daniel Heath, from Thornton, near Bradford in West Yorkshire, and William Lawrence, from Enderby, Leicestershire, removed part of the statue from its bench in Newbury, Berkshire, in the early hours of 2 March.