Climate activists wanted to spray paint Taylor Swift's private jet'

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"Two Just Stop Oil activists who tried to spray orange paint on Taylor Swift's private jet have been found guilty of the criminal damage of two planes. Jennifer Kowalski, 29, and Cole Macdonald, 23, breached the perimeter fence at Stansted Airport in Essex with an angle grinder then took turns spraying two planes with paint and filming it. Their trial, at Chelmsford Crown Court, was told they had been targeting the pop star's jet"

"Kowalski, of Dumbarton in Scotland and Macdonald, of Brighton, East Sussex, said they had not intended to damage the two aircraft on June 20 last year but both were found guilty of criminal damage. Jurors took less than two hours of deliberation to reach their unanimous verdicts. Judge Alexander Mills said there was no dispute Kowalski and Macdonald caused the damage, spraying the aircraft with orange paint from a fire extinguisher."

Coverage spans reproductive rights, climate change, Big Tech, investigations into political PACs, and documentaries about American women fighting for reproductive rights. Journalism is free of paywalls and funded by donations from those who can afford it. Two Just Stop Oil activists, Jennifer Kowalski (29) and Cole Macdonald (23), breached the perimeter fence at Stansted Airport with an angle grinder on June 20. They sprayed orange paint on two planes and filmed the incident; the planes belonged to an insurance firm and an investment group. The activists were found guilty of criminal damage after jurors returned unanimous verdicts in under two hours. The judge said there was no dispute the defendants caused the damage.

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