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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists over bank damage

The scene at Barclay's bank in Richmond after several branches were attacked overnight by supporters of Palestine Action
The five defendants targeted the bank in August 2024 because it held shares in the Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

Five Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire.

Brendon O’Hagan, 28; Amanda Kelly, 31; Hmeera Atiqnisar, 31; Mohammed Malik, 28; and Alma Yaniv, 70, were found guilty of causing £212,000 of damage during a direct action protest in Burnley in August 2024. They targeted the bank because it held shares in the Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.

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