Eco-activists from Just Stop Oil sentenced to prison for throwing soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Two Just Stop Oil activists who threw soup at Vincent van Gogh's masterpiece Sunflowers in an "idiotic" stunt have been jailed.

Anna Holland, 22, and Phoebe Plummer, 23, were convicted of criminal damage after launching the contents of two cans of Heinz tomato soup at the world-famous painting as it hung in the National Gallery in London.

Staff rushed to remove Sunflowers from the wall and were relieved to find the artwork had escaped damage thanks to the protective glass screen. But soup dripped onto the 17th-century Italian frame, causing damage estimated to be worth £10,000.

Judge Christopher Hehir sentenced ...