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Just Stop Oil: Pair guilty of damaging Van Gogh painting's frame

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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, from Weymouth, 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." There have been several similar protests by climate activists in recent weeks. District Judge Neeta Minhas said the damage caused at the Courtauld ... (full story)

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