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Just Stop Oil protester drove from London to damage Stonehenge in grandmother’s car, court told
Three activists deny charges of damaging Stonehenge with fire extinguisher substances in a fossil fuel protest; cleaning cost was £620, court heard.
- On October 27, Salisbury Crown Court heard three Just Stop Oil activists are on trial, accused of spraying Stonehenge on June 19 last year, and all three defendants deny damaging the ancient monument.
- Salisbury Crown Court was told the trio targeted Stonehenge as part of an ongoing fossil fuel protest by the Just Stop Oil Group the day before the summer solstice when about 15,000 people were due to gather.
- CCTV captured all three arriving at Stonehenge, and forensic examination of a colour blaster provided a DNA link to Luke Watson, while the jury heard Watson borrowed his grandmother's car to collect the colour blasters.
- Simon Jones, prosecuting, told the court the substance could become a paste if wet, creating a pressing need to clean the stones before the solstice event; the cleaning cost was £620.
- Mr Watson told the court, `'I don't think going to Stonehenge at solstice is about having a particular tinge on the stones,'` and described joining Extinction Rebellion in 2019 before getting involved with Just Stop Oil.
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