{"id":2346950,"date":"2024-09-27T19:34:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T23:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-gives-climate-vandals-a-reality-check-with-significant-jail-sentence\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T19:37:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T23:37:51","slug":"judge-gives-climate-vandals-a-reality-check-with-significant-jail-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-gives-climate-vandals-a-reality-check-with-significant-jail-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Gives Climate Vandals a Reality Check With Significant Jail Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-gives-climate-vandals-a-reality-check-with-significant-jail-sentence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2346950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two British climate\u2064 activists, Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland, were \u2063sentenced for throwing \u2063tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh&#8217;s painting &#8220;Sunflowers&#8221; at London&#8217;s National Gallery in October 2022. Plummer received a two-year \u200bsentence, while Holland \u200dwas sentenced to 20 months.\u200c The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-vandals-escalate-war-on-art-gluing-themselves-to-another-masterpiece\/\" title=\"Leftist Vandals Escalate War On Art, Gluing Themselves To Another Masterpiece\">activists glued<\/a> their hands \u200cto the wall after the act as part of a protest \u200cagainst new \u200doil \u2063and gas projects, organized by the climate \u2062group Just Stop \u200bOil. Although the \u200cpainting \u2063itself was protected by glass and suffered no damage, the frame incurred approximately\u200b $13,000 in damages. Both women were found guilty of \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-police-say-son-fatally-stabbed-mother-on-thanksgiving-day\/\" title=\"Georgia: Police Say Son Fatally Stabbed Mother on Thanksgiving Day\">criminal damage<\/a> in July, and during the sentencing, Judge \u2062Christopher Hehir criticized their belief that their cause \u200djustified criminal acts. Plummer expressed her\u2064 views\u2062 on the trial, characterizing it\u2062 as a threat to democracy. \u200bSupporters of Just Stop Oil rallied outside the court, highlighting the activists&#8217; \u2063commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/east-coast-universities-conduct-anti-racist-audit-in-libraries\/\" title=\"East Coast Universities Conduct \u2018Anti-Racist Audit\u2019 In Libraries\">climate issues<\/a> through such extreme protests, which have become more frequent in recent years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two British climate activists were sentenced Friday for throwing tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh&rsquo;s &ldquo;Sunflowers&rdquo; two years ago, nearly destroying one of the great masterpieces at London&rsquo;s National Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Phoebe Plummer, 23, received a two-year sentence while Anna Holland, 22, was sent to prison for 20 months.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2022, the pair threw two tins of tomato soup over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-stop-oil-activists-hit-hard-found-guilty-throwing-soup-priceless-painting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">painting<\/a> before kneeling down in front of it and gluing their hands to the wall beneath it.<\/p>\n<p>They were found guilty of criminal damage by a jury in July.<\/p>\n<p>During the attack, both women wore T-shirts supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-stop-oil-banquet-interrupted-fed-pranksters-release-devilishly-ingenious-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Stop Oil<\/a>, an environmental group pushing the British government to halt new oil and gas projects.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! 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