Four Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage over raid at Israeli firm Elbit
The court said the raid caused about £1 million in damage and left one officer with a fractured spine.
- On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, four pro-Palestinian activists were convicted at Woolwich Crown Court for their roles in a high-profile raid on an Israeli-linked defense facility in Bristol.
- Four members of the group Palestine Action—Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Rajwani—were found guilty of criminal damage for using a prison van as a "battering ram" to break into the Elbit Systems UK factory in August 2024.
- During the "meticulously organized" assault, the activists utilized sledgehammers and crowbars to destroy approximately £1 million worth of equipment, including computers and drones, while spraying red paint throughout the facility.
- One defendant, 23-year-old Samuel Corner, was additionally convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm after he struck a police sergeant in the back with a sledgehammer during the ensuing struggle, resulting in a fractured spine for the officer.
- The jury acquitted two other defendants of criminal damage, and the judge instructed jurors to set aside any personal views on the Israel-Hamas war, emphasizing that moral justifications were irrelevant to the specific charges of property destruction and violence.
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Four Palestine Action activists found guilty of break-in at Israeli defence site
Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of raiding an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site and destroying equipment with sledgehammers and crowbars in a bid to shut the factory down.
Four activists from the British pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action were found guilty today of breaking into an Israeli defense equipment factory and smashing the equipment.
UK court convicts four activists over attack on Israeli defense factory
Four Palestine Action activists convicted of criminal damage for breaking into Elbit Systems factory in Bristol and smashing equipment; group’s terrorist designation remains in place pending appeal
Four anti-Israel radicals found guilty over $1.2 million rampage at Elbit Systems UK
Four of six anti-Israel activists were found guilty on retrial in a British court on Wednesday of criminal damage for breaking into and vandalizing an Elbit Systems UK facility near Bristol, England, on Aug. 6, 2024.Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, destroyed property and clashed with security guards and police. Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, were acquitted of the charge by a jury at Woolwich…
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