"Zoe Rogers, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Jordan Devlin - six of the so-called "Filton 24" - were found not guilty of aggravated burglary and criminal damage by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court after eight days of deliberation. Devlin, Rajwani, and Rogers were found not guilty of violent disorder, although verdicts were not reached for the three others on the charge."
"Prosecutors alleged that the six activists drove a van like a "battering ram" to smash their way into the Elbit Systems UK research, development, and manufacturing facility in Bristol early on August 6, 2024 in a "meticulously organized" attack targeting the subsidiary of the Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems. The defendants - who had been imprisoned on remand for 17 months - were also accused of using fire extinguishers to spray"
A London jury cleared six members of the direct-action group Palestine Action of aggravated burglary and criminal damage after eight days of deliberation. The six—Zoe Rogers, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Jordan Devlin—had admitted breaking into and vandalizing the Elbit Systems UK research, development, and manufacturing facility in Bristol on August 6, 2024. Prosecutors alleged the activists used a van like a "battering ram" to smash into the site and sprayed parts of the facility with fire extinguishers. Devlin, Rajwani, and Rogers were acquitted of violent disorder while verdicts on that charge were not reached for three others. The defendants had been held on remand for 17 months. The acquittals represent a setback for government efforts to prosecute Palestine Action.
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