Man charged for allegedly vandalizing B.C. rainbow crosswalk for second time

SURREY — Police say one of the two men charged for allegedly vandalizing a Metro Vancouver rainbow crosswalk in May has been charged again for defacing of the same location.

Police in Surrey say in a statement that 67-year-old Errol Povah is now facing a second count of mischief over $5,000 after the crosswalk at Holland Park was vandalized on June 27.

The crosswalk was initially sprayed with black paint during a protest on May 30, where a video and photos shared by protesters showed two people marking the rainbow walkway.

Povah and 58-year-old Amrit Birring — leader of the Freedom Party of B.C. — were each charged with one count of mischief over $5,000 in the May case, and police say Birring turned himself in and was released with conditions.