Just Stop Oil: Pair guilty of damaging Van Gogh painting’s frame
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63717863
Two Just Stop Oil protesters have been found guilty of causing criminal damage to a Vincent Van Gogh painting’s frame after gluing themselves to it.
Louis McKechnie, 22, and Emily Brocklebank, 23, caused about £2,000 of damage to the frame of Peach Trees In Blossom at London’s Courtauld Gallery.
McKechnie was jailed for three weeks while Brocklebank received a suspended sentence.
She had said: “I didn’t think I would cause much damage. Glue comes off.”
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