On Thursday, British authorities charged a pair of climate change activists for vandalizing Stonehenge, a prehistoric megalithic structure on a chalk plateau known as the Salisbury Plain.
Authorities are charging Just Stop Oil’s Rajan Naidu, 73, of Gosford Street, Birmingham, and Niamh Lynch, 20, of Norfolk Road, Bedford, with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument, and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance following the incident. Naidu and Lynch are accused of spraying orange powder paint on the iconic monuments on June 19th. The pair are due to appear in the Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on December 13th for their initial hearing.
