Revealed: Two Just Stop Oil eco-zealots arrested for targeting Taylor Swift’s private jet at Stansted are a DwP civil servant Swiftie and a serial activist who was in court just last month over pro-Palestine stunt
One of the eco-morons who broke into Stansted Airport today to spray-paint private jets after Taylor Swift’s plane landed there last night is a Swiftie superfan who once met the pop megastar and called her a ‘legend’, may MailOnline reveal today .
Jennifer Kowalski, 28, shared a collage of photos of Taylor on Facebook while she was studying biology at the University of Aberdeen.
And in a Q&A for an environmental magazine, she was asked to tell readers something “interesting about herself” and replied: “In 2015, I was one of fifteen chosen people, out of about 14,000, to share the legend that Taylor Swift is called to meet backstage. her show in Glasgow’.
Most recently, the green fanatic says she worked at the Department for Work and Pensions as a sustainability manager ā although she was also a proud ‘full-time activist’ for JSO.
Kowalski is still listed as a civil servant on her LinkedIn. The DWP has been asked for comment.
MailOnline can also reveal that her co-conspirator at Stansted, Cole Macdonald, 22, is a JSO activist from Brighton who was in court just a few weeks ago for another stunt ā this time for the Palestinian cause.
Kowalski and Macdonald were arrested in Stansted this morning after cutting through a fence. They then ran into the airport’s VIP area and began spraying private jets with fire extinguishers filled with orange paint before posing for selfies in front of the planes and hugging each other as they waited for police to arrive, laughing as they said to a camera: We I just sprayed this private jet – and the one behind it.’
Just Stop Oil claimed that Taylor Swift’s luxury plane was parked there while she was in Britain for her Eras Tour. But MailOnline understands it was not one of the two defaced planes.
Jennifer Kowalski, 28, (pictured) is among JSO protesters who broke into Stansted to spray-paint private jets
Kowalski shared this collage of Taylor Swift on her Facebook page while she was still in college
Kowalski (left) and her co-conspirator Cole Macdonald (right), who was in court last month
Macdonald outside the court with a Palestinian flag
Taylor Swift’s plane after landing at Stansted last night
On board were Swift’s father Scott (pictured) and mother Andrea, as well as personal belongings and what appeared to be wine
Video from the scene shows the two activists brutally cutting a fence on the edge of the airport
The pair then proceed to spray a series of jets before proudly sitting in front of their vandalism and embracing.
Group says they spray-painted planes ‘hours after Taylor Swift’s own plane arrived’
Swift is in Great Britain for her world tour
Macdonald was arrested and charged after she ‘lined up’ on a road in Sussex in protest against a US arms company based there as part of a pro-Palestinian protest last year.
She pleaded not guilty at a hearing in May and will appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court in October where, if convicted, she could face a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine for a public order offence.
Critics have said her attack on Stansted again shows how often protesters are released on bail before committing more crimes.
The attack came less than 24 hours after JSO boys shocked the world by spraying Stonehenge orange.
The demonstrators have been detained on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use of national infrastructure.
Yesterday the headline-making group targeted Stonehenge in Wiltshire by attacking the ancient monument with spray paint, prompting Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to brand them a ‘disgrace’.
It’s the latest in a series of attention-seeking stunts the group has foisted on audiences this summer
Two Just Stop Oil activists broke into a VIP private airfield at Stansted Airport
Rather than raising awareness about climate change, their antics led to widespread condemnation after it emerged activists could have irreparably damaged the rare lichen that lives on the rocks.
Footage from Stansted this morning shows the pair brazenly cutting through a fence on the edge of the airport and crawling under it to gain access.
The pair then proceed to spray a series of jets before sitting proudly in front of their vandalism and embracing in a smug hug.
A spokesperson for the group shared their intrusion on social media and “justified” the action by stating that “80% of the population had never taken a flight.”
MailOnline understands the pair have now been arrested and have approached Essex Police for information.
Before the stunt, Jennifer Kowalski, 28, who describes herself as a full-time JSO activist on Linked In, claimed she had to “take desperate measures to make her voice heard.”
It’s the latest in a series of attention-seeking stunts the group has foisted on audiences this summer.
Yesterday the public was forced to intervene after two Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed Stonehenge with orange paint, leading to widespread condemnation.
Just Stop Oil protesters sprayed Stonehenge with orange paint yesterday
Video footage posted on social media showed two people, wearing white shirts with Just Stop Oil on the front, running towards the old monoliths with canisters and spraying paint all over them.
In a heroic bid to stop the group from desecrating the stones, a woman was seen desperately trying to drag the protesters away before other members of the public came to help her.
The protesters, named Niamh Lynch, 21, a student from Oxford, and Rajan Naidu, 73, from Birmingham, have now been arrested by police on suspicion of damaging the historic landmark.
As police officers led the pair away, a man could be heard shouting: ‘You filthy scum. This is a temple, not a publicity stunt!’
Several stones – dating back to the late Neolithic period – were covered in the incident, which happened around noon today, the day before the summer solstice is celebrated at Stonehenge, the heart of a World Heritage site.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has condemned the attack as a “disgraceful act of vandalism to one of Britain’s and the world’s oldest and most important monuments.”
Video footage posted to social media showed two people wearing white shirts with Just Stop Oil on them running towards the monoliths while spraying paint
Members of the public were seen trying to stop the protesters by dragging them away
Several rocks were covered in the substance before the protesters stopped and sat cross-legged on the grass
The Prime Minister continued: ‘Just Stop Oil should be ashamed of their activists, and they and everyone associated with them, including a certain Labor Party donor, should immediately condemn this disgraceful act.’
Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer said ‘Just Stop Oil is pathetic’ after activists from the group attacked Stonehenge.
In a tweet he wrote: ‘The damage to Stonehenge is outrageous. Just Stop Oil is pathetic. Those responsible must face the full force of the law.ā
Historian Tom Holland, who previously mentioned Stonehenge as one of the three Europe’s most valuable prehistoric sitesalso criticized the attack.
He wrote on X: ‘Extend your care for the planet by destroying endangered lichens. Sympathy turned into total disgust.’
Wiltshire Police said officers attended the scene and arrested two people.
A spokesperson continues: ‘Around noon we responded to a report that two suspects had sprayed orange paint on some stones.
‘Officers arrived on the scene and arrested two people on suspicion of damaging the old monument.
‘Our investigations are ongoing and we are working closely with English Heritage.’