"Six British pro-Palestinian activists have been acquitted of aggravated burglary relating to a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit, with a jury unable to reach verdicts on charges of criminal damage. Prosecutors at London's Woolwich Crown Court said on Wednesday the six defendants, whose trial began in November, were members of the now-banned group Palestine Action, which organised the assault on the Elbit Systems United Kingdom facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August last year."
"Prosecutors at London's Woolwich Crown Court said on Wednesday the six defendants, whose trial began in November, were members of the now-banned group Palestine Action, which organised the assault on the Elbit Systems United Kingdom facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August last year. The six Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31 all denied charges of aggravated burglary, violent disorder and criminal damage."
Six British pro-Palestinian activists were acquitted of aggravated burglary after a 2024 raid on an Elbit-operated factory. A jury was unable to reach verdicts on criminal damage charges. Prosecutors at London's Woolwich Crown Court identified the six defendants as members of the now-banned Palestine Action, which organised the assault on the Elbit Systems United Kingdom facility in Bristol in August last year. The trial began in November. The six — Charlotte Head (29), Samuel Corner (23), Leona Kamio (30), Fatema Zainab Rajwani (21), Zoe Rogers (22), and Jordan Devlin (31) — denied aggravated burglary, violent disorder and criminal damage charges.
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