Three women charged after Van Gogh painting and New Scotland Yard sign defaced
Two women have been charged with causing criminal damage to the frame of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings.Anna Holland, 20, from Newcastle, and Phoebe Plummer, 21, from Clapham, are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court.Another woman, Lora Johnson, 38, from Southwold, Suffolk, has been charged with criminal damage to the main sign outside New Scotland Yard.
Yellow paint was thrown over the sign and activists blocked the road in front of the Met Police's headquarters during Just Stop Oil protests on Friday. The National Gallery said the Van Gogh, which is covered by glass, had a "red substance, what appeared to be tomato soup" thrown at it.The Met Police said of the 28 arrests made on Friday, 25 had been bailed pending further inquiries.