Retrial for climate activists who attacked Velasquez masterpiece

Two Just Stop Oil activists who smashed the glass protecting Diego Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery are facing a retrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Harrison Donnelly, 23, and Hanan Ameur, 25, attacked the £100m masterpiece of a nude goddess Venus gazing into a mirror held by Cupid while wearing Just Stop Oil t-shirts on 6 November 2023, Southwark Crown Court heard. Donnelly and Ameur said they achieved their goal because Sir Keir Starmer agreed…