Plot to kidnap the king

Climate protesters planned to kidnap the wax model of the King from Madame Tussauds and hold him hostage, a court heard. But Tom Johnson, 29, and Eilidh McFadden, 20, thought kidnapping the monarch would be too frightening so they slapped the cakes into his face instead. Prosecutor Jonathan Bryan told Westminster Magistrates’ court: ‘Having stood themselves next to the King Charles III model, they removed their outer clothing to reveal Just Stop Oil t-shirts underneath. ‘They then took out cakes…