Six Palestine Action activists find out tomorrow whether they will face a fresh trial over the shutdown of an Israeli-linked arms factory.
Jurors at Snaresbrook Crown Court acquitted the group of a total of nine charges in December, but failed to reach a decision on 23 others. They were accused of criminal offences relating to direct action targeting the UK operations of Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms company.
Genevieve Scherer and Jocelyn Cooney were acquitted in December for all of the offences they had been charged with. Richard Barnard, co-founder of Palestine Action, was found guilty of one count of criminal damage. The jury failed to reach a decision on a majority of the other charges.
