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Palestine Action activists found not guilty over Elbit factory break-in (www.newarab.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Six British pro-Palestinian activists were acquitted on Wednesday of aggravated burglary relating to a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit, with a jury unable to reach verdicts on charges of criminal damage.

Prosecutors said the six defendants, whose trial began in November, were members of the now-banned group Palestine Action, which organised the assault on the Elbit Systems UK facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August last year.

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[–] craftymansamcf@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Given this event was one of the supposed major contributors to proscription, does the fact that a jury of the people not wanting to convict them mean the proscription might've been a bit overblown?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 19 hours ago

The proscription was always overblown. Just Kid Starver bending the law for Israel.

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 1 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Article doesn't say why they were found not guilty.

[–] PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Specifically, the jury found that their plea of not guilty was based on the fact that they were preventing a greater harm by their actions to be right

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

Thanks

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 4 points 17 hours ago

Because the jury said so.

Why do you think starmer wants to get rid of jury trials?