Just Stop Oil protesters have been charged after Stonehenge was covered in orange paint.
Rajan Naidu, 73, and Niamh Lynch, 22, have been charged with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument after orange paint powder was thrown at Stonehenge during a Just Stop Oil protest in June, Wiltshire Police said.
Video footage showed members of the public trying to stop the protestors as they sprayed the powder across the stones.
A spokesperson for English Heritage described the incident as “extremely upsetting.”
A Just Stop Oil spokesperson said: “The UK’s Government in waiting has committed to enacting Just Stop Oil’s original demand of ‘no new oil and gas’.
“However, we all know this is not enough. Continuing to burn coal, oil and gas will result in the death of millions.
“We have to come together to defend humanity or we risk everything.”
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