Six people accused of breaking into an Israel-based defense firm’s UK site last year and causing more than £1 million ($1.3m) of damage with sledgehammers appeared in a UK court on Monday.

A group of around two dozen protesters, holding banners and Palestinian flags, gathered at the gates leading to Woolwich Crown Court, with their shouts of “Free Palestine” audible inside the courtroom ahead of the start of the trial.

The six are accused of being part of a group of people, linked to the now-proscribed “Palestine Action” organization, who committed aggravated burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder at the premises of the Israel-based firm Elbit Systems in the western English city of Bristol on August 6, 2024, court documents showed.

Samuel Corner, Jordan Devlin, Charlotte Head, Leona Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani and Zoe........

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