Male suspect reportedly from Bristol could face a prison term of up to five years for the widely condemned act

Italian police have identified a man from England as the suspected culprit behind an inscription carved into a wall of the Colosseum, after a four-day search.

Using his keys, a young man wearing a blue flowery shirt was filmed by an onlooker apparently scratching his and his girlfriend’s name into an internal wall of the 2,000-year-old monument last Friday. If convicted, the suspect could face a hefty fine and prison term under Italy’s strict cultural heritage protection laws.

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