A UK court has found four Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage charges following a break-in at an Israeli-owned arms factory.
On Monday, after 14 hours of deliberations, Leona Kamio, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Fatema Rajwani, 21, and Charlotte Head, 29, were all found guilty at Woolwich Crown Court on charges of criminal damage in connection with a raid on an Elbit Systems plant near Bristol on 6 August 2024.
Corner was additionally found guilty of inflcting serious harm, but not guilty of a charge of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent for striking a police officer with a sledgehammer.
Two other activists, Jordan Devlin, 31, and Zoe Rogers, 22, were acquitted of charges of criminal damage.
Days before the jury retired, the defendants dismissed their defence lawyers and delivered their own closing speeches, saying that their lawyers were no longer able to represent them due to a “decision made by the court”.
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Initially, the jury had been directed by Mr Justice Johnson to deliver a unanimous verdict. But on Tuesday, he told jurors he would consider majority verdicts on the different counts.
