Jury clears hammer wielding Palestine Action protesters of aggravated burglary at Elbit facility

Six Palestine Action activists accused of breaking into an Israeli defence factory embraced in the dock as they were cleared by a jury of aggavated burglary. Wearing red and black jumpsuits and armed with whips, fireworks, an axe and a paintball gun, the activists crashed through a gate Elbit Systems UK in Patchway, Bristol in an old prison van, on August 6 2024. The ‘black team’ overwhelmed a security official who tried to fight them off with his umbrella before…