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Palestine Action campaigners will be retried over factory attack Six activists accused of breaking into Elbit Systems site near Bristol
Six Palestine Action activists will be retried after a break-in at the British headquarters of an Israeli-owned arms company.
Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, are facing charges over the pre-dawn raid on the Elbit Systems site near Bristol on Aug 6 2024.
Ms Head, a charity worker, is alleged to have driven a prison van into the perimeter fence and then used the vehicle to enter the factory.
Mr Corner is accused of causing serious injury to Pc Kate Evans with a sledgehammer.
The six defendants, who denied all the charges brought against them, were cleared of aggravated burglary at Woolwich Crown Court this month. Ms Rajwani, Ms Rogers and Mr Devlin were also acquitted of violent disorder.
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