British Justice has sentenced the two environmental activists of the Just Stop Oil organization to two years in prison that They threw tomato soup two years ago against the four ‘Los Girasoles’, by the painter Vincent van Gogh, which is exhibited in the National Gallery in London.
The activists, Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, They have received the verdict with a smile and have “accepted whatever sentence has to come”, according to what sources close to the matter have indicated to the newspaper ‘The Guardian’.
The judges, who have indicated that Holland will be able to serve half of the sentence, have ruled that The painting has suffered damage valued at around 10,000 euros. TOYes, they have clarified that the accused “acted with arrogance”, which is why they “deserve the strongest possible condemnation”.
Nonviolent civil resistance
Plummer, for her part, has been sentenced in a separate case to three months in prison for obstruct traffic by participating in a march on Earls Court Road, in east London, in November 2023. This Friday, he gave a speech before the judge in which he cited historical figures such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, among others.
“In October 2022 and in November 2023 I made the decision to take actions that I knew would likely lead to my arrest and prosecution,” he said. “I made those decisions because I believe that nonviolent civil resistance is the best, If not the only tool that people have to provoke the rapid change necessary to protect life in the face of the climate emergency and the political decisions that are being made,” he stated.
