Palestine Action activists to be sentenced as terrorists without jury’s knowledge

Palestine Action activists to be sentenced as terrorists without jury’s knowledge Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Tue, 05/12/2026 - 14:42 Reporting restrictions barred UK press from reporting the terror link, which was kept secret from the jury The defendants from left to right: Jordan Devlin, Leona Kamio, Charlotte Head, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Samuel Corner (Screengrab/X) Off Palestine   Action defendants are facing sentencing as terrorists despite being convicted of criminal damage, lifted reporting restrictions reveal. Last Tuesday, jurors at Woolwich Crown Court convicted Leona Kamio, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Fatema Rajwani, 21, and Charlotte Head, 29, of criminal damage in connection with a raid on an Elbit Systems plant near Bristol on 6 August 2024. Two other activists, Jordan Devlin and Zoe Rogers, were cleared of the charges. After reporting restrictions were lifted on Tuesday, Middle East Eye is now able to report for the first time that the court will seek to add a “terrorism connection” to their charges at sentencing - a fact that was kept secret from the jury. Sentencing with a terrorism connection could mean the defendants face aggravated sentences. Most of them have already served 18 months on remand. The use of terrorism legislation relates to property damage, with the court relying on the “serious property damage” clause under s1(2)(b) of the Terrorism Act 2000, which remains legally undefined. The court must also find that the action was taken to influence the government or an "international governmental organisation", under s1(1)(b) of the Terrorism Act.  In a preparatory ruling in March 2025, presiding judge Justice Johnson ruled that there...

Original source: Middle East Eye