Six British pro-Palestinian activists were acquitted on Wednesday of aggravated burglary relating to a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit, with a jury unable to reach verdicts on charges of criminal damage.
Prosecutors said the six defendants, whose trial began in November, were members of the now-banned group Palestine Action, which organised the assault on the Elbit Systems UK facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August last year.
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craftymansamcf@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 216d
Given this event was one of the supposed major contributors to proscription, does the fact that a jury of the people not wanting to convict them mean the proscription might've been a bit overblown?
geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 216d
The proscription was always overblown. Just Kid Starver bending the law for Israel.
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 216d
Article doesn't say why they were found not guilty.
Nighed@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 216d
Because the jury said so.
Why do you think starmer wants to get rid of jury trials?
PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 216d
Specifically, the jury found that their plea of not guilty was based on the fact that they were preventing a greater harm by their actions to be right
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 216d
Thanks