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Just Stop Oil Pair in Stansted Jet Paint Case Given Suspended Sentences

The judge said the action was a bid for publicity and reduced the punishment after noting both defendants’ neurodivergence.

Overview

  • Jennifer Kowalski received five months’ imprisonment suspended for 12 months, and Cole Macdonald received six weeks suspended for eight months at Chelmsford Crown Court.
  • Kowalski must complete up to 30 programme days and pay a £480 fine, and Macdonald must undertake up to 20 rehabilitation days.
  • Both are barred from Stansted Airport for the duration of their orders unless they hold a valid ticket to travel.
  • The pair were found guilty of criminal damage for breaching the perimeter with an angle grinder and spraying two private aircraft with orange paint from fire extinguishers while filming.
  • Prosecutors cited £12,576 in cleaning costs, £24,000 for inspection and consultation, and £19,234 to repair the fence, and the court heard they sought Taylor Swift’s jet but hit planes owned by an insurance firm and an investment group.