LONDON — Two climate activists were Monday spared jail by a U.K. court after they sprayed two planes with orange paint to protest U.S. pop star Taylor Swift’s use of private jets.

Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists Jennifer Kowalski, 29, and Cole Macdonald, 23, attempted to target Swift’s flight with spray paint in June 2024 when the singer, who has faced criticism over her private jet use, was on tour in the U.K.

They were handed short suspended jail sentences by a court in east England for spraying and causing criminal damage to two planes that belonged to an insurance firm and an investment group instead.

“The actions of the two of you were all about publicity – both for Just Stop Oil and for yourselves,” Judge Alexander Mills said.

“What greater publicity could there be than anything re

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