Climate protesters who squashed cake into King Charles waxwork told to pay damages

Eilidh McFadden and Tom Johnson convicted of criminal damage after action at Madame Tussauds and must pay 3,500 compensation

The climate protesters who threw cake into the face of a waxwork of King Charles in Madame Tussauds have been ordered to pay the London tourist attraction 3,500 in compensation.

Eilidh McFadden, 20, and Tom Johnson, 29, were found guilty of criminal damage at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday for each smashing a vegan chocolate cake topped with shaving foam into the waxwork on 24 October last year.