Three billed with criminal damages after soup tossed at Van Gogh paints

Three individuals have actually been billed with criminal damages after soup was tossed at 2 Van Gogh paints in the National Gallery on Friday.

Stephen Simpson, 61, of Bradford, West Yorkshire; Phillipa Green, 24, of Penryn, Cornwall; and Mary Somerville, 77, of Bradford, West Yorkshire, will certainly show up at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the Metropolitan Police stated.

It follows Just Stop Oil lobbyists put soup over 2 Vincent Van Gogh paints simply hours after various other participants of the team were imprisoned for harming the gold framework of the musician’s Sunflowers.

In an article on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Just Stop Oil stated: “BREAKING: 2 VAN GOGH PAINTINGS SOUPED HOURS AFTER PHOEBE AND ANNA SENTENCED.

“3 Just Stop Oil supporters have thrown soup over 2 of Van Gogh(‘s) paintings in the ‘Poets and Lovers’ exhibition at the National Gallery”.

The National Gallery verified on Friday the 3 lobbyists had actually been apprehended and the paints continue to be intact.

A declaration stated: “At just after 2.30pm this afternoon, three people entered room six of the National Gallery Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition.

“They appeared to throw a soup-like substance over two works – Sunflowers (1888, National Gallery, London) and Sunflowers (1889, Philadelphia Museum of Art).

“Police were called and three people have been arrested.

“The paintings were removed from display and examined by a conservator and are unharmed.

“We are aiming to reopen the exhibition as soon as possible.”

Phoebe Plummer, 23, and Anna Holland, 22, were imprisoned on Friday after creating as long as ₤ 10,000 well worth of damages to the art work’s gold-coloured framework when they targeted it at London’s National Gallery.