Four British Palestine Action members were convicted Tuesday of smashing a UK site of Israeli defense firm Elbit in 2024, with one defendant found guilty of twice striking a police officer with a sledgehammer.

Prosecutor Deanna Heer said the attack was “meticulously organized” to cause maximum damage and get information about the company. The raid caused an estimated 1 million pounds ($1.36 million) in damage.

After deliberating for more than 14 hours, jurors in Woolwich Crown Court found Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, guilty of criminal damage in the raid in Bristol on August 6, 2024. They face sentencing June 12. Two others, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, were acquitted of criminal damage.

Head was behind the wheel of a van that crashed through the gates of the Elbit Systems factory in Bristol, where the four activists, dressed in red jumpsuits, began destroying property with sledgehammers and crowbars before ending up in a fight with guards and police.

By a majority of 11 to one,........

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