Eco zealot tells court his prosecution ‘is not in the public interest’

Two Just Stop Oil activists who glued their hands to the frame of the copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper have denied causing £180 of criminal damage. The words ‘No New Oil’ were spray-painted in white letters onto the red plinth under the vast painting at the Royal Academy (RA) in central London on July 5. Extinction Rebellion co-founder Simon Bramwell, 50, and Caspar Hughes, 51, appeared at Westminster Magistrates court while art student Jessica Agar, 22, ex-teacher…