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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Anti-oil activists sprayed Stonehenge orange for ‘maximum impact’, court told

Orange smoke blows across two Stonehenge columns from a fire extinguisher held be a man as a second figure wrestles with him
A Just Stop Oil activist sprays Stonehenge with orange powder as a staff member tries to stop him on 19 June 2024. Photograph: Just Stop Oil/AFP/Getty Images

Activists from Just Stop Oil who used fire extinguishers to spray Stonehenge with orange powder targeted the world-famous monument to create “maximum impact”, a jury has been told.

The action affected visitors and staff who were on site but also people around the world who saw what they had done to the ancient stone circle, Salisbury crown court heard.

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