Overview
- Jennifer Kowalski testified she hoped a paint protest would prompt Taylor Swift to speak about climate change and said the pair aimed for the singer’s jet.
- Essex Police and court evidence state the planes sprayed belonged to an insurer and an investment group, not Swift, and her aircraft was not at Stansted at the time.
- Prosecutors allege the activists cut a perimeter fence with a circular saw before using paint-filled fire extinguishers on two private jets at about 5 a.m.
- CCTV and witness accounts indicate the pair were on the airfield for roughly 13 minutes before arrest after sitting on the taxiway wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts.
- Harrods Aviation and a cleaning contractor identified the jets as Gulfstream 450 and 650, said removal took about 45 hours with aviation-approved chemicals, and warned of potential safety risks described as catastrophic if contaminants affected systems.