Two Just Stop Oil activists who sought to spray orange paint on Taylor Swift's private jet have been spared jail.
Jennifer Kowalski, 29, from Dumbarton, and Cole Macdonald, 23, from Brighton, were hoping to paint the pop star's jet at Stansted Airport, but instead sprayed planes belonging to an insurance firm and an investment group.
The pair - found guilty of criminal damage at an earlier trial - hugged in the dock at Chelmsford Crown Court after they were both given suspended prison sentences.
Judge Alexander Mills said their aim was publicity, both for Just Stop Oil and themselves, adding: "What greater publicity could there be than anything related to Taylor Swift?"
Their trial had heard how they got through a fence at the Essex airport on 20 July 2024 with an angle grinder, before taking turns spraying the planes and filming it.
