Palestine Action activists jailed over factory raid
Key takeaways
- Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, were convicted of criminal damage in a retrial after they broke into the Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August 2024.
- Mr Justice Johnson said their actions had aimed to influence the government and the group was sentenced on the basis the raid had a "terrorist connection".
- Corner was jailed for seven years and eight months for criminal damage and inflicting grievous bodily harm on a police sergeant.
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Chloe Harcombe,West of Englandand Dominic Casciani,Home and Legal Correspondent Palestine Action Four people were convicted for the violent clash which fractured a police officer's spine and caused £1.2m worth of damage Four Palestine Action activists have been jailed after causing £1.2m of damage at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm.
Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, were convicted of criminal damage in a retrial after they broke into the Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August 2024.
Mr Justice Johnson said their actions had aimed to influence the government and the group was sentenced on the basis the raid had a "terrorist connection".