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Four Palestine Action activists guilty of criminal damage over raid at Israeli firm Elbit
The court said the raid caused about £1 million in damage and left one officer with a fractured spine.
- On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, four pro-Palestinian activists were convicted at Woolwich Crown Court for their roles in a high-profile raid on an Israeli-linked defense facility in Bristol.
- Four members of the group Palestine Action—Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Rajwani—were found guilty of criminal damage for using a prison van as a "battering ram" to break into the Elbit Systems UK factory in August 2024.
- During the "meticulously organized" assault, the activists utilized sledgehammers and crowbars to destroy approximately £1 million worth of equipment, including computers and drones, while spraying red paint throughout the facility.
- One defendant, 23-year-old Samuel Corner, was additionally convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm after he struck a police sergeant in the back with a sledgehammer during the ensuing struggle, resulting in a fractured spine for the officer.
- The jury acquitted two other defendants of criminal damage, and the judge instructed jurors to set aside any personal views on the Israel-Hamas war, emphasizing that moral justifications were irrelevant to the specific charges of property destruction and violence.
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Four U.K. pro-Palestine activists convicted over raid at Israeli defense firm
Four members of the banned Palestine Action group were found guilty of criminal damage over a 2024 raid on an Elbit factory. Prosecutors said the damages totaled about 1 million pounds ($1.36 million)
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Palestine Action activists guilty of £1m damage in raid on Israeli weapons firm
Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of raiding an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site and destroying equipment with sledgehammers and crowbars in an attempt to shut the factory down.
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