A Just Stop Oil activist accused of damaging two private jets told a court today she hoped Taylor Swift would be 'shaken from her apathy' and speak out about climate change if orange paint was sprayed on her plane.
Jennifer Kowalski, 29, said she and Cole Macdonald, 23, planned to target the pop star's plane at Stansted Airport in Essex, describing the singer as 'one of the most famous people in the world'.
But the two jets that they sprayed on June 20 last year belonged to an insurance company and an investment group.
Kowalski, of Dumbarton in Scotland, described herself as a 'former Swiftie' and told jurors at Chelmsford Crown Court: 'I wanted to do a Taylor Swift protest.'
She said she was autistic and when she was younger 'rather than having hobbies or interests' she would have 'special interests'.
