Court backlog latest: soup throwers get jury trial for damaging picture frame

Two climate activists who threw a tin of Heinz tomato soup over a £76m Vincent van Gogh painting are facing a crown court trial. Phoebe Plummer, 21, and Anna Holland, 20, were filmed opening the can of soup and launching the contents at ‘Sunflowers’ at the National Gallery during a Just Stop Oil protest. The artwork was protected by a sheet of glass and was undamaged following the incident on 14 October. The choice of soup as a protest was…