A jury at Woolwich Crown Court has unanimously found four activists from the Palestine Action group guilty of criminal damage. The charges stem from an incident at a UK site operated by an Israel-based defence firm.<\/p>\n
The individuals convicted are Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21<\/b>. After 14 hours of deliberation, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31<\/b>, were acquitted of the same charge.<\/p>\n
In addition to criminal damage, Samuel Corner was also found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent, following an incident where he struck Sgt Kate Evans with a sledgehammer.<\/p>\n
This verdict concludes the court proceedings related to the activists’ actions at the defence firm’s facility.<\/p>\n
#PalestineAction #CriminalDamage #UKCourts #WoolwichCrownCourt #Activists #DefenceIndustry #LegalVerdict #ProtestAction #JusticeSystem #UKNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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