A Scots Just Stop Oil activist accused of damaging two aircrafts told a court she hoped Taylor Swift would speak out about climate change if orange paint was sprayed on her jet. ‌

Jennifer Kowalski, 29, said she and Cole Macdonald, 23, had been targeting the pop star’s plane at Stansted Airport, describing the singer as “one of the most famous people in the world”. ‌

But the two jets that they sprayed on June 20 last year belonged to an insurance company and an investment group. ‌

Kowalski, of Dumbarton, described herself as a “former Swiftie” and told jurors at Chelmsford Crown Court: “I wanted to do a Taylor Swift protest.”

She said she was autistic, and when she was younger “rather than having hobbies or interests” she would have “special interests”.

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