Judge jails four Palestine Action activists over Elbit factory raid, citing terrorist connection, injuring police officer
A British judge on Friday sentenced four anti-Israel Palestine Action activists to lengthy prison terms totaling over 20 years for a 2024 raid on an Elbit Systems UK factory that caused about £1 million (about $1.3 million) in damage and left a police officer with a fractured spine, a case he said had “terrorist connections.”
Samuel Corner, 23, received eight years and eight months in prison for grievous bodily harm and criminal damage, with parole eligibility after seven years and eight months, after striking a policewoman with a sledgehammer during the Aug. 6, 2024, break-in at the Bristol-area site, the court heard.
Co-defendants Charlotte Head, 30, and Leona Kamio, 30, were each jailed for six years minus 45 days for criminal damage, and will be eligible for parole after four years and 320 days, while Fatema Rajwani, 21, was sentenced to five years and eight months minus 45 days, with parole possible after four years and 200 days, the judge said.