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Ellie Ng

Families of Palestine Action activists in Elbit site break-in hail ‘victory’

Six Palestine Action activists were cleared of aggravated burglary on Wednesday (Ben Whitley/PA) - (PA Wire)

Families of the six Palestine Action activists cleared of the aggravated burglary of an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site have described the “harrowing” wait for the jury’s verdict as they celebrated a “monumental victory”.

Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin faced trial at Woolwich Crown Court over allegations they used or threatened unlawful violence and used sledgehammers as weapons after a prison van was driven into Elbit Systems’ Bristol factory.

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