"The verdicts are a reflection of the reality that the first chance that the public had to decide what happened to us, they vindicated us. It is plain to see that the British public do not want their citizens to be scapegoated for this Labour government's political aims, they do not want to be criminalised for supporting a people's inalienable right to freedom, to dignity, and to self-determination."
"I had damaged drones, which is what I went in to do."
"That is me dismantling a quadcopter drone with a crowbar."
Fatema Rajwani, 21, the youngest of six Palestine Action activists, was acquitted of aggravated burglary and violent disorder over an August 6, 2024 raid on the Elbit Systems factory in Filton and released on bail after 18 months in custody. Rajwani, a film and media studies student who turned 20 the day before the action, told jurors she damaged drones and dismantled a quadcopter with a crowbar. Prosecutors alleged guards were whipped and sworn at and defendants were armed with sledgehammers; the defence argued any violence was unplanned, guards used excessive force, and missing CCTV left gaps in the record. Co-defendant Samuel Corner faced a separate unresolved GBH charge.
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