A man has appeared in court charged with criminal damage and trespass on a protected site.

Braydon Anderson, 23, from Northampton, was remanded in custody to appear before Southwark Crown Court on March 24.

He was arrested and charged after police were called to reports of a man on the roof at the Palace of Westminster on Saturday (March 7), at around 9.15pm.

Mr Anderson appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (March 10).