Couple who poured fake blood on Downing Street gates guilty of criminal damage

The couple, from Dorset, appeared at the City of London Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, where they were found guilty by Deputy District Judge Patricia Evans

Virginia Moffat, 58, and Chris Cole, 60, appeared at City of London Magistrates’ Court (Alamy/PA)

A married couple who poured fake blood and put “bloody handprints” on the gates outside Downing Street have been found guilty of criminal damage.

Virginia Moffat, 58, and Chris Cole, 60, carried out the offence as part of a protest to demand a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.