Tourist from England suspected to have carved name on Colosseum wall

Widely condemned act could see suspect, reportedly from Bristol, face a prison term of up to five years

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

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.