Just Stop Oil supporters drove to Stonehenge before spraying it with orange powder, court hears View Image

A Just Stop Oil activist accused of damaging Stonehenge borrowed his grandmother’s petrol car to drive to the monument, a court has heard. Luke Watson, 36, is standing trial alongside Rajan Naidu, 74, and Niamh Lynch, 22, who are both accused of using fire extinguishers filled with cornflour, talc, and an orange dye to spray the stones on June 19 last year.

The three defendants each deny charges of damaging an ancient protected monument and causing a public nuisance. Salisbury Crown Court was told the trio targeted Stonehenge as part of an ongoing fossil fuel protest by the Just Stop Oil Group.

On Monday, the jury heard Watson borrowed the car from his grandmother to collect the

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