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Sam Russell

Activist ‘hoped jet paint stunt would get Taylor Swift to speak out on climate’

Just Stop Oil campaigners Jennifer Kowalski, 29, and Cole MacDonald, 23, outside Chelmsford Crown Court (Sam Russell/ PA) - (PA Wire)

A Just Stop Oil activist on trial accused of damaging two aircraft told a court she hoped Taylor Swift would speak out about climate change if orange paint was sprayed on her jet.

Jennifer Kowalski, 29, said she and Cole Macdonald, 23, had been targeting the pop star’s plane at Stansted Airport in Essex, describing the singer as “one of the most famous people in the world”.

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