Eilidh McFadden and Tom Johnson convicted of criminal damage after action at Madame Tussauds and must pay £3,500 compensation
The climate protesters who threw cake into the face of a waxwork of King Charles in Madame Tussauds have been ordered to pay theEilidh McFadden, 20, and Tom Johnson, 29, were found guilty of criminal damage at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday for each smashing a vegan chocolate cake topped with shaving foam into the waxwork on 24 October last year.
The court heard some staff had to work an extra five hours, while admission was halted for almost an hour, which could have prevented up to 900 people entering during the busy half-term holiday.Convicting them of causing £3,500 of criminal damage, district judge Neeta Minhas told the pair she was satisfied the damage was “significant” and “not minor or temporary”.
Minhas gave self-employed artist Johnson, who has no previous convictions, a 12-month conditional discharge but ordered him to pay £1,750 compensation and £250 costs.
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