Aristocrat cleared of criminal damage because she was ‘raising awareness’

A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who sprayed the London HQ of Israel’s largest arms firm with blood-red paint were cleared of plotting to cause criminal damage Doone Stormonth-Darling, 28, Flora Thomas, 28, Joley Thomas, 31, Anthony Bardos, 58, and Jocelyn Cooney, 27, were said to have attacked the offices of Elbit Systems with almost military precision. Aristocrat Stormonth-Darling and Cooney had jumped out of a dark BMW driven by Bardos carrying buckets of paint on 10 October 2020. Flora and…