Six alleged Palestine Action protesters accused of smashing into an Israeli-linked defence firm could wait in custody for 18 months before their trial.

Members of the organisation were allegedly armed with sledgehammers and whips when they broke into the Elbit Systems site near Patchway, Bristol, in the early hours of August 6, 2024.

Prosecutors have said the alleged offences, which caused more than one million pounds' worth of damage, had a 'terrorist connection'.

On Friday, the defendants - Finn Collins, 19, Harland Archer, 20, Salaam Mahmood, 19, Moiz Ibrahim, 27, Louie Adams, 33, and Liam Mullany, 33 - appeared at the Old Bailey charged with aggravated burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder.

They were detained following a series of raids by Counter Terrorism Policing South East and are the latest to be charged over the incident.