US EditionPalestine Action activists face retrial over break-in at Israel-linked defence firm
Retrial set for Feb 16, 2027, on unresolved charges including criminal damage and violent disorder after activists were acquitted of aggravated burglary, CPS said.
- Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial over a break-in at an Israeli-linked defence firm's UK site.
- Samuel Corner, Charlotte Head, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers, and Jordan Devlin were found not guilty of aggravated burglary regarding the Elbit Systems UK factory incident on 6 August 2024.
- The jury could not reach verdicts on criminal damage charges after more than 36 hours of deliberation.
- Prosecutors will seek a retrial on charges without verdicts, with the new trial provisionally set for 16 February next year.
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Six Palestine Action activists face retrial
Six Palestine Action activists are to face a retrial on charges of criminal damage in connection with a break-in at the UK site of Elbit systems, a defence firm based in Israel. A jury at a trial earlier this month failed to return a verdict on a number of charges, which will now be re-tried. Aggravated burglary charges against 18 other defendants accused of involvement are also being dropped.
Anti-Israel activists in UK to face retrial over Elbit raid
Prosecutors separately announced they would drop aggravated burglary charges against 18 other defendants linked to the break-in, citing insufficient evidence, though those individuals continue to face other allegations. By JNS Six British activists affiliated with the anti-Israel Palestine Action group will face a retrial on charges stemming from a 2024 break-in at an Elbit Systems facility near Bristol, England, a court heard on Wednesday. Char…
Six activists to face retrial as remaining Filton 24 not guilty
The remaining defendants from the so-called Filton 24 have been found not guilty of aggravated burglary in Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday, after the first six Palestine Action activists were acquitted two weeks ago. Five activists, William Plastow, Ian Sanders, Madeline Norman, Julia Brigadirova and Aleksandra Herbich, have also been granted conditional bail after prosecutors decided not to pursue aggravated burglary charges. Applications for…
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