
The three face trial over charges of criminal damage at the UK site of an Israel-based defence firm Three Palestine Action activists have been found not guilty of violent disorder at a UK site of an Israel-based defence firm. Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner, 23, and Leona Kamio, 30, were accused in connection with a break-in at an Elbit Systems site near Bristol. At Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, Prosecutor Deanna Heer KC said the Crown Prosecution Service offers no evidence on the charge of violent disorder.
Main Idea: Three Palestine Action activists were cleared of violent disorder over a break-in at an Elbit Systems site near Bristol, but the case against them and others on criminal damage still goes on.
Key Points:
The case may keep protests and court tension around Elbit Systems and Palestine Action in the news, which can unsettle communities and small businesses near similar sites.
The ruling may help courts focus on evidence,.
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The activists’ organization and a central subject of the article, including the judge’s warning about its proscribed status.
Named defendant central to the case, including the acquittal on violent disorder and additional charges he faces.
Named defence firm whose UK site is the location of the break-in and central to the criminal case.
Named defendant acquitted of violent disorder and still facing criminal damage charges.
Named defendant acquitted of violent disorder and still facing criminal damage charges.
The judge issuing the not-guilty directions and managing the jury instructions that are central to the article.
Prosecutor who told the court the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence on the violent disorder charge.
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Referenced by the judge as part of the warning that jurors should disregard views about Palestine Action’s proscription.
Police officer named in the additional GBH-with-intent charge against Samuel Corner.