Jury trying Palestine Action activists told to ignore claims of genocide

Jurors trying six Palestinian Action activists accused of bulldozing their way into an Israeli defence firm’s UK site in an old prison van were warned to put ‘acts of genocide.’ Members of the since proscribed group broke into Elbit Systems UK in Patchway, Bristol on August 6 last year armed with flares, fireworks and whips. Police Sergeant Kate Evans suffered serious spinal injuries after she was beaten with a sledgehammer, it is said. Samuel Corner, 23, Charlotte Head, 29, Leona…