Two Simply Cease Oil local weather activists who threw a tin of Heinz tomato soup over a £76million Vincent van Gogh portray are going through a crown court docket trial after denying felony harm.
Phoebe Plummer, 21, and Anna Holland, 20, had been filmed opening the can of soup and launching the contents at ‘Sunflowers’ on the Nationwide Gallery throughout a protest on October 14.
The selection of soup was meant to be a reference to the price of dwelling disaster within the UK.
The art work was protected by a sheet of glass and was undamaged following the incident.
Plummer and Holland went viral when Heinz tomato soup was thrown on Vincent Van Gogh’s £76 million masterpiece on the Nationwide Gallery
The activists on the Nationwide Gallery on October 14 – the soup was speculated to be a reference to the UK price of dwelling disaster
Plummer later stated in a TikTok video: ‘I am Phoebe, I am 21, I am from London and I’m one of many folks that threw a can of soup at Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower portray.’
Holland of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Plummer of Lambeth, south London, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom to disclaim inflicting felony harm to the body of the portray.
They continue to be on bail forward of a plea and trial preparation listening to at Southwark Crown Courtroom on January 9.
Police say the £76 million piece of artwork was ‘unhurt’ throughout the local weather demonstration Pictured: Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland as tomato soup is thrown throughout the portray
Cops main away Phoebe Plummer, rear, and Anna Holland, 20, entrance
Plummer later stated in a TikTok video: ‘I am Phoebe, I am 21, I am from London and I’m one of many folks that threw a can of soup at Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower portray.’
Lora Johnson, 38, additionally appeared in court docket charged with felony harm after she allegedly broken a revolving signal and the ground of the New Scotland Yard constructing in Westminster.
Johnson, of Southwold, Suffolk, was performing beneath the identical call-to-action by Simply Cease Oil.
She was bailed forward of a plea and trial preparation listening to at Southwark Crown Courtroom on January 4.
