Tomato soup acted “like paint stripper” when it was hurled at Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in a Just Stop Oil protest, a court heard today.
Just Stop Oil's Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer are accused of throwing two cans of soup at the legendary painting while it was on display in London’s National Gallery.While the painting itself was protected by a glass screen, jurors were told the soup damaged the 17th-century Italian frame holding it.Isabella Kocum, who specialises in frame conservation, told the court she was involved in assessing damage and removing the soup from the painting.
”“The position in law is that the motivation of either defendant and their convictions about climate change – however sincerely held – are not a defence to the allegation they face,” he said.“It is not a defence to say I did it in pursuit of my sincerely held belief.”This comes after five Just Stop Oil members - including one of its co-founders - were jailed for between four and five years for conspiring to organise protests that blocked the M25.
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