The two women, aged 82 and 85, attempted to smash the reinforced case holding an original text of the Magna Carta in the British Library in London.
Two climate protesters aged 82 and 85 attempted to smash the reinforced case holding an original text of the Magna Carta in the British Library in London on Friday before the pair - one an Anglican priest - were stopped by security staff.
The historic document was not damaged and the toughened glass of the case was only slightly chipped, the library said in a statement. “As a Christian I am compelled to do all that I can to alleviate the appalling suffering that’s coming down the line and is here already ... we must Just Stop Oil,” Parfitt could be heard to say in the video clip.
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