Protesters for Just Stop Oil sprayed jets at an airfield in London, claiming that Taylor Swift’s private plane had landed there just hours earlier. Two demonstrators painted two jets with orange paint using fire extinguishers after breaking into a private airfield at Stansted Airport at around five in the morning on Thursday.
Essex Police later said two women, aged 22 and 28, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use of national infrastructure.
A statement said: “Officers were on the scene within minutes and detained two people.
“The airport and flights are operating as normal.
“A 22-year-old woman from Brighton and a 28-year-old woman from Dumbarton have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure.”It comes a day after two Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested after spraying the historic Stonehenge monument in orange paint as the group appeared to ramp up their protests.
On Thursday, Just Stop Oil said Cole Macdonald, 22, and Jennifer Kowalski, 28, broke into the private airfield demanding that the incoming UK government works to end the extraction and burning of oil, gas and coal by 2030.
The pair used an angle grinder to break into the fenced off area before coating the planes in orange paint.
