Four Palestine Action Activists Convicted of Criminal Damage at Elbit Factory Near Bristol

Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of criminal damage at a UK site of Israel-based defense firm Elbit Systems.

Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, broke into an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol in August 2024. They destroyed property and clashed with security guards and police.

Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, were acquitted of the same charge by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court earlier.

Corner was also found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent. He struck Sgt. Kate Evans with a sledgehammer.

The court previously heard that the group wore red jumpsuits. They used a decommissioned prison van to crash into security shutters at the Elbit site and carried tools.

Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC told the court: "Inside the warehouse, they set about destroying as much property as they could. They used crowbars and hammers to damage computers, equipment, drones and other products Elbit had manufactured. Their role was to cause as much damage as possible until they were forcibly stopped."