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Just Stop Oil: Activists' sentence a miscarriage of justice

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Just Stop Oil: Activists' sentence a miscarriage of justice

Just Stop Oil: Activists' sentence a miscarriage of justice

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been jailed for pouring soup over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

Phoebe Plummer, 23, received a two-year jail term, while Anna Holland, 22, was handed 20 months.

Hundreds have staged a protest outside Southwark Crown Court, with spokesperson Grahame Buss calling their sentencing a "miscarriage of justice".

Report by Brooksl.

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