Overview
- Reporting restrictions lifted on Tuesday revealed that Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson plans to consider a terrorist connection at a 12 June sentencing hearing.
- A Woolwich Crown Court jury convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio and Fatema Rajwani of criminal damage for the August 2024 Elbit Systems raid near Bristol, and it convicted Corner of grievous bodily harm, while Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin were acquitted.
- Under Section 69 of the Sentencing Act, a court can declare that a non‑terror offence had a terrorist connection and then increase the sentence if the conduct meets Terrorism Act criteria.
- The judge’s preparatory ruling in March 2025 said the damage could be viewed as designed to influence Israel’s government and involved serious property damage, meeting elements of the Terrorism Act definition.
- If the designation is applied, the four could face longer prison terms served in full and post‑release monitoring by counter‑terror police, with most already held 18 to 21 months on remand as a separate appeal continues over the High Court ruling that struck down the government’s proscription of Palestine Action.