LONDON: A retired British couple who took part in local pro-Palestine activist have had their joint bank account closed without explanation, The Guardian reported.
John Nicholson, 70, and Norma Turner, 86, are treasurer and chair, respectively, of Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which also had its bank account with Virgin Money frozen.
The couple said that their personal account with Yorkshire Building Society was used as a nest egg.
They received the full balance of the account via check after being informed of its closure.
Nicholson, a retired immigration barrister, and Turner, a former nurse, received a letter on Sept. 27 in which they were told that their account, which was opened about five years ago, would close on Sept. 30.
