LONDON: Two environmental protesters who sprayed paint on Britain’s Stonehenge in June have been charged with offences associated to the alleged harm brought on to the prehistoric megalithic monument, prosecutors mentioned on Thursday (Nov 14).
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) mentioned it had authorised the police to cost the protesters, 73-year-old Naidu Rajan and Niamh Lynch, 22, and that they would seem in court docket on Dec 13.
In a separate assertion, the police mentioned the pair, from the Simply Cease Oil environmental group, have been charged with destroying or damaging a protected monument with the orange powder paint they’d sprayed on it, and inflicting a public nuisance.
Stonehenge, one in every of Britain’s most visited vacationer spots positioned in southern England, holds religious significance and attracts 1000’s of revellers, spiritualists and vacationers throughout the summer time solstice – the longest day of the 12 months within the northern hemisphere.
Members of the general public have been capable of stroll round throughout the stone circle till 1977 when it was fenced off as a consequence of considerations over harm from a pointy rise within the variety of guests.
Simply Cease Oil has gained prominence in Britain for disruptive environmental protests, with its activists shutting down main roads, disrupting cultural and sporting occasions and even throwing soup at a Van Gogh portray.