Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial over a break-in at an Israel-linked defence firm’s UK site.

Samuel Corner, 23, Charlotte Head, 29, Leona Kamio, 30, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31, were found not guilty of aggravated burglary earlier this month over the incident at Elbit Systems UK factory in Bristol in the early hours of 6 August 2024.

But the jury failed to reach verdicts on a criminal damage charge after deliberating for more than 36 hours.

Rajwani, Rogers and Devlin were found not guilty of violent disorder, while verdicts were not reached for the three others.

The jury also failed to reach a verdict on an additional charge of causing grievous bodily harm against Oxford graduate Corner.

It was alleged he struck Police Sergeant Kate Evans on the back with a sledgehammer while she was on the floor, leaving her with a fracture to her lumbar spine.

The court heard that Elbit Systems UK manufactures defence technology equipment and is a UK-registered company with a parent company is based in Israel.

Prosecutors confirmed they will seek a retrial on the charges on which the jury failed to reach a verdict at a hearing at Woolwich Crown Court.

The trial has been provisionally listed to start on 16 February next year.

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