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Rod Minchin

Just Stop Oil activists acquitted of Stonehenge criminal damage

Just Stop Oil protesters sit down after spraying an orange substance on Stonehenge (Just Stop Oil/PA) - (PA Media)

Three Just Stop Oil activists who took part in a protest in which Stonehenge was sprayed with orange powder have been found not guilty of criminal damage after citing human rights law in their defence.

Rajan Naidu, 74, and Oxford University student Niamh Lynch, 23, had been accused of using two colour blasters filled with cornflour, talc and an orange dye to spray the ancient monument.

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