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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle and PA Media

Climate protesters who squashed cake into King Charles waxwork told to pay damages

Climate activists with the King Charles waxwork.
The pair were found guilty of criminal damage for each smashing a vegan chocolate cake topped with shaving foam on the waxwork’s face. Photograph: Rich Feldgate/Just Stop Oil/PA

The climate protesters who threw cake into the face of a waxwork of King Charles in Madame Tussauds have been ordered to pay the London tourist attraction £3,500 in compensation.

Eilidh McFadden, 20, and Tom Johnson, 29, were found guilty of criminal damage at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday for each smashing a vegan chocolate cake topped with shaving foam into the waxwork on 24 October last year.

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