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, causing damage to the frame though the painting was unharmed and later went back on display.
The pair pleaded not guilty but were convicted after a trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court, where Plummer was sentenced to two years in prison for the criminal damage charge. Holland was sentenced to 20 months in prison.
(Reporting by Sam Tobin; editing by Sarah Young)
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