A United Kingdom court has handed jail sentences to four activists from the Palestine Action group on “terror” charges after they were convicted for a raid on an Israeli arms company.
Judge Jeremy Johnson at Woolwich Crown Court handed down sentences of about five to eight years to the quartet as he branded their August 2024 raid on the Elbit Systems site in Bristol a “terrorist act”.
Last month, four of six activists on trial were convicted of criminal damage. One of the defendants was also found guilty of striking a police officer with a sledgehammer.
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