Pro-Palestinian protesters trial ends in hung jury
Key takeaways
- Phil Mackie Midlands correspondent BBCThe Crown Prosecution Service will decide whether to seek a retrial over the incident at Moog's factory near Wolverhampton.
- The four defendants all admitted breaking into the Moog factory, near Wolverhampton, in August but argued that their actions were not unlawful.
- Prosecutors asked the court for time to reflect on whether to seek a retrial.
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Phil Mackie Midlands correspondent BBCThe Crown Prosecution Service will decide whether to seek a retrial over the incident at Moog's factory near Wolverhampton. A jury in the trial of four pro-Palestine protesters who denied causing criminal damage to a factory in the West Midlands has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts.
The trial of Iain Evans, Hisham Alkhamesi, Hana Yun-Stevens and Frank Sherman, also known as Bea Sherman, ended in a hung jury at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday after jurors deliberated for 17 hours and seven minutes.
The four defendants all admitted breaking into the Moog factory, near Wolverhampton, in August but argued that their actions were not unlawful.