One of many eco-morons who broke into Stansted Airport in the present day to spray-paint non-public jets after Taylor Swift’s aircraft landed there final night time was as soon as a proud Swiftie herself, MailOnline can reveal in the present day.
Jennifer Kowalski, 28, shared a collage of images of the pop megastar on Fb whereas a biology scholar on the College of Aberdeen.
Most lately the inexperienced fanatic says she was employed by the Division for Work and Pensions as a Sustainability Supervisor – although she was additionally a proud ‘full time activist’ for JSO.
Kowalski remains to be listed as a civil servant on her LinkedIn. The DWP has been requested to remark.
MailOnline may also reveal that her co-conspirator at Stansted, Cole Macdonald, 22, is a JSO activist from Brighton who was in court docket only some weeks in the past for an additional stunt – this time for the Palestinian trigger.
Kowalski and Macdonald had been arrested at Stansted this morning after chopping by way of a fence. They then bumped into the VIP space of the airfield and commenced spraying non-public jets utilizing fireplace extinguishers stuffed with orange paint earlier than posing for selfies in entrance of the planes and hugging one another whereas ready for police to reach, telling a digital camera whereas laughing: ‘We simply spray-painted the f*** out of this non-public jet – and the one behind’.
Simply Cease Oil claimed Taylor Swift’s luxurious jet was parked there whereas she is within the UK for her Eras Tour. However MailOnline understands it was not one of many two jets defaced.
Jennifer Kowalski, 28, (pictured) is without doubt one of the JSO protesters who broke into Stansted to spray-paint non-public jets
Kowalski shared this collage of Taylor Swift on her Fb web page whereas she was a college scholar
Kowalski (left) and her co-conspirator Cole Macdonald (proper), who was in court docket final month
Macdonald exterior court docket with a Palestine flag
Video taken from the scene exhibits the 2 activists openly chopping by way of a wire fence on the perimeter of the airfield
The pair then proceed to spray paint a collection of jets earlier than sitting proudly in entrance of their vandalism and embracing
The group say they spray painted plane ‘hours after Taylor Swift ‘s personal jet arrived’
Swift is within the UK for her world tour
Macdonald was arrested and charged after she ‘locked on’ to a street in Sussex in protest towards an American arms firm based mostly there as a part of a Professional-Palestine protest final yr.
She pleaded not responsible at a listening to in Could and can seem at Brighton Magistrates’ Court docket in October the place, if convicted, she might withstand six months in jail and a nice for a public order offence.
Critics have stated that her assault on Stansted once more exhibits how typically protesters are being bailed earlier than committing extra crimes.
The assault got here lower than 24 hours after JSO yobs appalled the world by spraying Stonehenge orange.
The protesters have been held on suspicion of prison injury and interference with using nationwide infrastructure.
Yesterday, the headline-grabbing group focused Stonehenge in Wiltshire by attacking the traditional monument with spray paint – main Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to model them ‘a shame’.
It’s the newest in a collection of consideration searching for stunts the group has foisted on the general public this summer time
Two Simply Cease Oil activists have damaged right into a VIP non-public airfield at Stansted airport
Removed from elevating consciousness of local weather change, their antics sparked widespread condemnation after it emerged activists might have irreparably broken uncommon lichen that lives on the rock.
Footage from Stansted this morning exhibits the pair openly chopping by way of a wire fence on the perimeter of the airfield and crawling beneath to achieve entry.
The pair then proceed to spray paint a collection of jets earlier than sitting proudly in entrance of their vandalism and embracing in a smug hug.
Sharing their breaking and getting into on social media, a spokesman for the group ‘justified’ the motion by declaring that ‘80% of the inhabitants had by no means taken a flight.’
MailOnline understands the pair have since been arrested and has approached Essex Police for info.
Talking earlier than the stunt, Jennifer Kowalski, 28, who describes herself as a full time JSO activist on Linked In claimed she ‘needed to take determined measures to make her voice heard.’
It’s the newest in a collection of consideration searching for stunts the group has foisted on the general public this summer time.
Yesterday, members of the general public had been compelled to intervene after two Simply Cease Oil protesters sprayed Stonehenge with orange paint sparking widespread condemnation.
Simply Cease Oil protesters have sprayed Stonehenge with orange paint yesterday
Video footage posted on social media confirmed two folks, sporting white shirts with Simply Cease Oil emblazoned on the entrance, operating as much as the traditional monoliths with canisters and spraying paint throughout them.
In a heroic try to cease the group desecrating the stones, one lady was seen desperately attempting to tug the protesters away earlier than different members of the general public piled in to assist her.
The protesters, who had been named as Niamh Lynch, 21, a scholar from Oxford, and Rajan Naidu, 73, from Birmingham, have now been arrested by police on suspicion of damaging the historic monument.
As law enforcement officials led the pair away, one man could possibly be heard shouting: ‘You soiled scum. It is a temple, not a publicity stunt!’
A number of stones – relationship again to the late Neolithic interval – had been coated through the incident, which occurred at round 12pm in the present day, the day earlier than the summer time solstice is widely known at Stonehenge, which is the guts of a World Heritage website.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has condemned the assault as a ‘disgraceful act of vandalism to one of many UK’s and the world’s oldest and most necessary monuments.’
Video footage posted on social media confirmed two folks sporting white shirts with Simply Cease Oil on operating as much as the monoliths with canisters spraying paint
Members of the general public had been seen attempting to stop the protesters by dragging them away
A number of stones had been coated within the substance earlier than the protesters stopped and sat cross legged on the grass
The Prime Minister continued: ‘Simply Cease Oil ought to be ashamed of their activists, and so they and anybody related to them, together with a sure Labour Social gathering donor, ought to challenge a condemnation of this shameful act instantly.’
Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer stated ‘Simply Cease Oil are pathetic’ after activists from the group focused Stonehenge.
In a tweet, he wrote: ‘The injury carried out to Stonehenge is outrageous. Simply Cease oil are pathetic. These accountable should face the total drive of the legislation.’
Historian Tom Holland, who has beforehand hailed Stonehenge as one among Europe’s most treasured prehistoric websites, additionally criticised the assault.
He wrote on X: ‘Parade your concern for the planet by destroying endangered lichens. Sympathy transmuted into utter loathing.’
Wiltshire Police stated officers had attended the scene and arrested two folks.
A spokesman added: ‘At round midday, we responded to a report that orange paint had been sprayed on among the stones by two suspects.
‘Officers attended the scene and arrested two folks on suspicion of damaging the traditional monument.
‘Our inquiries are ongoing, and we’re working intently with English Heritage.’
