Calls for a retrial amid claims of jury tampering in a recent Palestine Action trial at a UK court are “misleading” and “dangerous”, lawyers say.
On Wednesday, after more than 36 hours of deliberations, jurors at Woolwich Crown Court acquitted Leona Kamio, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, Jordan Devlin, 31, and Charlotte Head, 29, of charges of aggravated burglary.
All six defendants had denied the charges of aggravated burglary, criminal damage, and violent disorder following a raid at a plant belonging to Israeli-owned weapons company, Elbit Systems, near Bristol on 6 August 2024.
The jury did not convict defendants Head, Corner and Kamio of violent disorder and acquitted Devlin, Rogers and Rajwani of the same charge.
The jury was also hung on charges of criminal damage, despite five of the defendants admitting to destroying weapons and equipment belonging to the Israeli arms firm during the break-in.
