UK Jury Clears 7 Palestine Action Activists in Elbit Factory Raid, Retrial Possible
Jurors were unable to agree on most charges after an eight-week trial, and one defendant was convicted of criminal damage.
- On Wednesday, a jury at London's Old Bailey was discharged after failing to reach verdicts on criminal damage and violent disorder charges against eight Palestine Action activists known as the 'Filton 25'.
- Prosecutors alleged the defendants assisted a 2024 raid on an Elbit Systems weapons factory in Filton, though none of the eight were present at the facility during the action.
- Many defendants spent up to 18 months in pre-trial detention, with some staging hunger strikes to protest conditions while awaiting trial since June 15.
- Responding to the outcome, the Filton 25 Defence Committee argued the state used prolonged remand to justify the proscription of Palestine Action without securing convictions.
- A hearing on September 14 will determine whether the Crown Prosecution Service pursues a retrial, as prosecutors must now decide the case's future direction.
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UK Jury Refuses to Convict 7 From Palestine Action
After 37 hours of deliberation, the jury was unable to reach verdicts on most of the charges of organizing a raid on an Israeli weapons plant and the defendants were discharged Wednesday. By Dania Akkad Declassified UK Jurors in an eight-week trial of Palestine Action activists who alleg
Jury Refuses to Convict Palestine Action Activists
A jury has refused to convict seven Palestine Action activists in connection with a raid on an Israeli arms factory in South Gloucestershire. The defendants were members of the Filton 25 who faced charges of criminal damage and violent disorder over the infiltration of Elbit Systems in Filton, near Bristol, in August 2024. Jurors deliberated for more than 37 hours but were unable to reach verdicts for seven of the eight defendants: Madeleine No…
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