A Palestine Action defendant charged in connection with a raid on an Elbit Systems factory said he was assaulted "multiple times” by a security guard during the break-in, an English court heard on Monday.
Jordan Devlin, 31, is facing charges of criminal damage in connection with the break-in at the factory at Filton, near Bristol, in August 2024. He is one of six defendants alongside Leona Kamio, 30, Charlotte Head, 29, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Samuel Corner, 23.
Corner additionally faces a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent for allegedly striking a police officer with a sledgehammer.
Testifying at London’s Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, Devlin told jurors that security guard Angelo Volante “barged” into him and took a sledgehammer off his co-defendant Rogers, who was standing nearby.
Devlin, who was unarmed at the time, said the pair then circled each other, and that he was "trying to get in between" Volante and Rogers, as "he was looking like he wanted to hurt her".
