BBC writer Will Plastow ‘was quartermaster’ for attack on Israeli firm which left police officer seriously injured

A BBC script editor has appeared in court accused of acting as ‘quartermaster’ for the attack on an Israeli defence firm where a police officer was beaten with a sledgehammer. William Nyerere Plastow, 33, is alleged to have bought torches, bolt cutters, crowbars and rucksacks in shops in Stockport in the days before the attack, a court heard. Members of Palestine Action broke into Elbit Systems UK in Patchway, Bristol on August 6 armed with flares, fireworks and whips. All…