Sepia FanThe two #JustStopOil supporters who threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers have been sentenced.
#PhoebePlummer was jailed for 2 years for the soup throwing plus 3 months for a S7 offence [a peaceful slow march of 20 minutes], while #AnnaHolland received a prison sentence of 20 months.
Judge Hehir [had] preemptively dismissed all legal defences.
The sentences come despite pleas for leniency from more than 100 artists, curators and art historians.
https://juststopoil.org/2024/09/27/sent-down-for-throwing-soup-judge-hehir-turns-state-repression-into-an-art-form/
via @JustStopOil
Sent down for throwing soup? Judge Hehir turns state repression into an art form – Just Stop Oil
Two Just Stop Oil supporters who threw tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 2 years by Judge Christopher Hehir at Southwark Crown Court today. [1] Phoebe Plummer was jailed for 2 years for the soup throwing plus 3 months for a S7 offence, while Anna Holland