Two Just Stop Oil activists have pleaded not guilty to criminal damage to the frame of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Two women are charged in relation to soup being thrown on the painting at the National Gallery, while a third is charged over paint sprayed on to the rotating New Scotland Yard sign - both during protests in London on Friday.
Meanwhile, Lora Johnson, 38, from Southwold, Suffolk, pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal damage at the same court after paint was sprayed on to the New Scotland Yard sign. Ms Oyedepo said it is unclear at this stage what the value of the damage is but said it is "significantly below the £5,000 cost threshold".Katie McFadden, defending, said: "The prosecution needs to prove that damage has been caused."
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