An alleged activist planned to spray the word "Palestine" on a lawn at Boris Johnson's wedding party venue, a court has heard.

Jurors at Southwark Crown Court were told police approached Tim Speers, 41, at a Cotswold estate as they thought he looked "quite out of place". The former prime minister was due to celebrate his marriage to Carrie Johnson at the Gloucestershire site the following day.

During the opening of Speers' trial, the jury was told police found Speers and another man - who is due to face trial at a later date - were carrying spray paint and super glue.

Speers, of Fairfield Road in Bude, Cornwall, denies having items with intent to damage property. The trial continues.

Jurors were told Speers and the man were stopped with cans of beers at the Daylesford Estate - which belongs to Conservative Party donor Lord Anthony Bamford - on 29 July 2022.

Prosecutor Christiaan Moll told the court a voice note recorded by Speers the day before his arrest was found by police, in which he said he had been asked by two people from Palestine Action to take part in "action", which he had "agreed to do".

Jurors were told Speers said in the voice message: "There's this big heart mowed into his lawn, so the idea is to just go up to it and write Palestine in red paint, through a weed sprayer."

Moll said the voice note added: "So basically that Lord Bamford is hosting some like party this weekend, Boris Johnson.

"Lord Bamford is like the owner, his family the owner of JCB if no-one's aware… the Israeli government basically use JCBs to bulldoze Palestinian homes to create way for Israeli settlers, so this dude just profits from untold suffering."

The prosecution said Speers was expected to accept he had the paint and glue, as well as making the voice note, but would likely say he had abandoned the planned protest after arriving at the estate and noticing the large security presence.

The Johnsons were married in a private ceremony at Westminster Cathedral in May 2021. They hosted their wedding celebrations at Daylesford House on 30 July the following year, setting up marquees and hay bales in the grounds.

The trial continues.

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