LONDON — Seven protesters accused of daubing pro-Palestinian graffiti on US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland last year could face longer sentences if found guilty due to what prosecutors have described as a “terrorist connection.”

Activists from the now-banned group Palestine Action were charged last year with criminal damage for spray-painting walls at the course with the slogans “Free Gaza” and “Free Palestine” as well as insults against Trump.

“Gaza is not for sale” was painted on one of the greens, and holes on the course were dug up.

The indictment, provided by the Scottish courts’ service on Friday, stated that the seven accused “did maliciously dig up turf on the golf courses,” sprayed weedkiller on the fairways and greens, and painted “political and offensive slogans on the grass.”

It added that prosecutors would seek harsher sentences should they be found guilty because the alleged offenses were “aggravated by reason of having a terrorist connection.” The accused will make their first appearance in court on Monday.

Palestine Action was proscribed under terrorism laws in Britain in July 2025 after it began increasingly targeting Israel‑linked defense companies in the UK, especially Israel’s largest defense firm Elbit Systems. The ban was introduced shortly after a break-in at the Royal Air Force’s Brize Norton base in June 2025, in which activists damaged two military planes.

Membership in or support for the protest group is considered a........

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