JUST STOP OIL STONEHENGE ATTACKERS ACQUITTED

Just Stop Oll protesters Rajan Naidu and Niamh Lynch wait to be arrested at Stonehenge after spraying orange powder on the ancient Wiltshire monument last year

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THREE Just Stop Oil activists, including one from Birmingham, who attacked Stonehenge have been acquitted of criminal damage.

Rajan Naidu, 74, of Gosford Street, Birmingham, and Oxford University student Niamh Lynch, 23, were accused of using two colour blasters filled with cornflour, talc and an orange dye to spray the ancient monument.

They crossed the boundary ropes and trespassed into the area around the monument before launching the attack. Luke Watson, 36, had bought the equipment used in the attack and had driven his co-accused to Stonehenge that morning.

The three defendants each denied charges of damaging an ancient protected monument and causing a public nuisance on June 19, 2024. On Friday, they were all found not guilty, citing Human Rights law.

Prosecutors alleged the protest had been "carefully planned" and was filmed by other Just Stop Oil supporters and released publicly afterwards.