Phoebe Plummer | |
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| Born | September 26, 2001 London |
| Education | |
| Organisation | Just Stop Oil |
| Movement | Climate activism |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
Phoebe Plummer (born 26 September 2001) is a British climate activist. First inspired by a United Nations report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, they[a] joined Just Stop Oil in August 2022 and were arrested three times in their first week. An October 2022 protest in which they and Anna Holland threw tomato soup at a Vincent van Gogh painting at London's National Gallery caused worldwide outrage and £10,000 worth of damage to the frame but empowered activists to carry out similar actions. Plummer was sentenced the month after for blocking the M25 motorway. The following November, Holland and other activists caused tailbacks on multiple roads in West London with a slow march protest, for which they faced the first jury trial under section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023.
An attempt at delivering a letter to Emily Thornberry MP prompted them to be arrested again, though a subsequent attempt at delivering a letter to Wes Streeting MP was unsuccessful. Plummer was convicted of "interference with key national infrastructure" and criminal damage in May and July 2024, and was arrested for defacing departure boards at Heathrow Airport shortly after the latter. They were sentenced to three and 24 months in prison for their convictions two months later.
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