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Sydney man charged over attack on Stone of Scone in Scottish museum

Australian Associated Press

created: July 14, 2025, 3:35 p.m. | updated: July 15, 2025, 4:22 a.m.

A man from Sydney has appeared in a court in Scotland charged with “malicious mischief” following reports a glass case containing the Stone of Scone was broken in Perth. Police said they had arrested and charged someone following a “disturbance” at the museum, which has the sandstone block as its centrepiece exhibition. On Monday, 35-year-old Arnaud Harixcalde Logan appeared at Perth sheriff court facing a single charge of malicious mischief. In Scots law, malicious mischief is an offence that deals with behaviour which damages or destroys the property of another, similar to vandalism. The artefact, also known as the Stone of Destiny, was moved to Perth Museum in 2024 after a £27m ($A55m) redevelopment.

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