'I did not kill anyone but climate change will',  Corkman who threw soup at painting tells court

Accused pleaded guilty to throwing 'vegetable soup from Penny Dinners' at George Atkinson’s Anatomical Study in the Crawford Art Gallery

Thomas Shinnick from Kilcolman West, Buttevant, Co Cork, pleaded guilty to a charge of causing criminal damage to the painting — George Atkinson’s Anatomical Study — at the gallery on Emmet Place, Cork.

A climate change protestor who threw soup at a painting in the Crawford Art Gallery said he was not a criminal and his actions did not kill anyone but that climate change will.

Thomas Shinnick has appeared before Cork District Court a number of times as this case was adjourned and on occasions he wore a jacket with words of protest pinned to his jacket.