Two Just Stop Oil protestors managed to spray London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 with orange paint today, just 24 hours after eight activists from the group were arrested at Gatwick.
The pair used spray guns to splatter a flight departure board, the floor and windows with the paint before staging a sit down protest.
One of the two protestors was Phoebe Plummer, who was found guilty last week of throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery, according to the Daily Mail.
The 22-year-old will be sentenced on 27 September and has been warned to expect a jail term.
Just Stop Oil said: “At around 8:35 am, Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil entered Heathrow and proceeded to paint the entrance hall to Terminal five, as well as the departure boards in the departures lounge.
“Police and security arrived on scene within minutes and proceeded to cordon off the area. Both Just Stop Oil supporters had been dragged to a police van by around 8:50 am.”
A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Working with partners we have quickly resolved a protest incident in Terminal 5 and all involved have been removed from the airport.
“The airport continues to operate as normal and passengers are travelling as planned. We are in full agreement that the aviation industry needs to decarbonise, but unlawful and irresponsible protest activity is not the way forward and will not be tolerated.”
Today’s protest follows the arrest last week of 10 Just Stop Oil activities who were suspected of plotting to disrupt Heathrow.
The activities were apprehended either at Heathrow or close to the airport by police as a part of an intelligence-led operation at airports across Europe. They were charged with conspiracy to interfere with key national infrastructure under Section 7 of the Public Order Act and eight were remanded in custody at a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court.
Following yesterday’s arrests at Gatwick, Sussex Police said passengers should expect ‘a heightened police presence’ at the airport.
Flights from two German airports, Cologne and Frankfurt, were temporarily grounded last week after climate change protestors stuck themselves to the runways.
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The pair used spray guns to splatter a flight departure board, the floor and windows with the paint before staging a sit down protest.
One of the two protestors was Phoebe Plummer, who was found guilty last week of throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s famous Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery, according to the Daily Mail.
The 22-year-old will be sentenced on 27 September and has been warned to expect a jail term.
Just Stop Oil said: “At around 8:35 am, Phoebe Plummer and Jane Touil entered Heathrow and proceeded to paint the entrance hall to Terminal five, as well as the departure boards in the departures lounge.
“Police and security arrived on scene within minutes and proceeded to cordon off the area. Both Just Stop Oil supporters had been dragged to a police van by around 8:50 am.”
A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Working with partners we have quickly resolved a protest incident in Terminal 5 and all involved have been removed from the airport.
“The airport continues to operate as normal and passengers are travelling as planned. We are in full agreement that the aviation industry needs to decarbonise, but unlawful and irresponsible protest activity is not the way forward and will not be tolerated.”
Today’s protest follows the arrest last week of 10 Just Stop Oil activities who were suspected of plotting to disrupt Heathrow.
The activities were apprehended either at Heathrow or close to the airport by police as a part of an intelligence-led operation at airports across Europe. They were charged with conspiracy to interfere with key national infrastructure under Section 7 of the Public Order Act and eight were remanded in custody at a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court.
Following yesterday’s arrests at Gatwick, Sussex Police said passengers should expect ‘a heightened police presence’ at the airport.
Flights from two German airports, Cologne and Frankfurt, were temporarily grounded last week after climate change protestors stuck themselves to the runways.
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