TWO people have been charged in connection with an incident that saw an orange substance thrown at Stonehenge.
Powder paint was sprayed at the historic site near Salisbury at around 12pm on June 19 – one day before crowds were due to gather for the Summer Solstice.
Wiltshire Police has been authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service to charge Rajan Naidu, 73, of Gosford Street, Birmingham, and Niamh Lynch, 22, of Norfolk Road, Bedford, with destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance.
After the incident, environment activist group Just Stop Oil said two of their supporters had “decorated Stonehenge in orange powder paint”.
In a statement, the group said the act was to demand the government to “sign up to a legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030”.
English Heritage, which manages the landmark, later said the paint had been removed using a “specialist handheld blower”.
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