UK Just Stop Oil duo jailed for throwing soup at Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'


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  • Friday, 27 Sep 2024

Protesters hold placards as they demonstrate outside of Southwark Crown Court, on the day of the sentencing of Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer, who were both convicted of criminal damage for throwing tins of Heinz tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting in London's National Gallery in 2022, in London, Britain, September 27, 2024. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

LONDON (Reuters) -Two climate activists from Just Stop Oil who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting in London's National Gallery were on Friday jailed for criminal damage.

Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, threw tins of Heinz tomato soup on the artwork in October 2022, before glueing themselves to the wall below the painting.

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