TWO Just Stop Oil protesters in their 80s have smashed the glass around the Magna Carta at the British Library.
Reverend Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, a retired biology teacher targeted the protective enclosure around the historic document with a hammer and chisel on Friday morning.
Reverend Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, targeted the Magna CarterPA
PAThe pair targeted the Magna Carter protective casing with a hammer and chisel[/caption]
The pair claimed the Government is ‘breaking the law’Twitter
Video shows Rev Parfitt holding the chisel as Ms Bruce slowly hammers and the glass cracks, with people seen filming them.
It comes after Labour MP Steve Reed told The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots show protesters like Just Stop Oil “aggravate and upset the public”.
The campaign group said the pair held up a sign reading “The Government is breaking the law” before gluing themselves to the display.
Ms Bruce said: “This week 400 respected scientists – contributors to IPCC reports, are saying we are ‘woefully unprepared’ for what’s coming: 2.5 or more degrees of heating above pre-industrial levels.
“Instead of acting, our dysfunctional Government is like the three monkeys: ‘see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing- pretend we’ve got 25 years.. we haven’t!
“We must get off our addiction to oil and gas by 2030 – starting now.”
The police have confirmed two people were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “At 10.52 police were called to the British Library to reports of Just Stop Oil activists trying to damage the Magna Carta.
“Officers arrested two people on suspicion of criminal damage, both of which are currently in custody.
“The damage caused was to the protective case and not the exhibit itself.”
JUST STOP OIL/UNPIXSThe pair glued themselves to the display[/caption]
JUST STOP OIL/UNPIXSPolice confirmed two people were arrested[/caption]
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