Palestine Action protesters who smashed their way into an Israel-linked defence firm with crowbars and sledgehammers could be sentenced as terrorists, it has emerged.
Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio and Fatema Rajwani were convicted of criminal damage last week at Woolwich Crown Court over a raid on August 6, 2024.
Corner was also found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm after he fractured a police officer’s spine during the course of the nighttime incursion at the Elbit Systems UK site near Bristol.
The four defendants – who claimed the action was necessary to protect Palestinians – ploughed into the site using an
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