A UK court sentenced four pro-Palestinian activists to four to seven years in prison for breaking into an Elbit Systems factory in Bristol in August 2024, causing over £1 million in damage, according to journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12). The judge ruled the acts had a terror link, and over 100 protesters were arrested outside the courthouse.
This evening a UK court imposed prison sentences of four to seven years on four pro-Palestinian activists who in August 2024 broke into an Elbit Systems factory in Bristol and caused more than £1 million in damage, as reported by journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12). The judge ruled that the acts had a link to terrorism, which placed the sentences at the high end. More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested outside the courthouse.
As The Zioneer reported at 22:27, earlier today the court sentenced three of the four to 4-7 years and ruled the acts terror-linked; at 17:50 we reported that 72 people were arrested outside the court during the trial. Tonight's dispatch updates the sentence figures (now four sentencings, not three) and raises the arrest count from 72 to over 100. The court's terror-link finding, the scale of the damage, and the large number of arrests outside remain the key elements of what is an unusually heavy sentence for this type of protest action in the UK.
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