11 May 2024 , 11:02
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Video showed the pair allegedly using a hammer and chisel to attack the casing
Two women in their 80s have been charged with criminal damage after attacking the Magna Carta.
Reverend Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judith Bruce, 85, were arrested on Friday morning following the incident at the British Library in London.
The pair are accused of targeting the casing around the historic document with a hammer and chisel.
Just Stop Oil said the pair then held up a sign reading "The Government is breaking the law" before gluing themselves to the display.
Parfitt, from Bristol, and Bruce, from Swansea, have now been charged with criminal damage.
The British Library said its security team "intervened to prevent further damage to the case" which "was minimal".
"The Magna Carta itself remains undamaged", the library added.
The gallery that houses the display is closed until further notice.
The pair were released on bail and are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on June 20.