A third person has been charged in connection with an incident at Stonehenge which saw the monument being sprayed with orange paint.
Luke Watson, 35, of Manuden, Bishop's Stortford, has been charged with one count of aiding, abetting, counselling and/or procuring destroying or damaging an ancient protected monument, and one count of aiding, abetting, counselling and/or procuring causing a public nuisance.
As previously reported, Wiltshire Police has also 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.
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Powder paint was sprayed at the historic site near Salisbury at around midday on June 19 – one day before crowds were due to gather for the Summer Solstice.
After the incident, environment activist group Just Stop Oil said two of their supporters had “decorated Stonehenge in orange powder paint”.
Mr Watson is due to appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on December 13 for a first hearing.
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