Exclusive: Judge intends to consider ‘terrorist connection’ after convicting five for damage to Barclays in Burnley
Five Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire.
Brendon O’Hagan, 28; Amanda Kelly, 31; Humeera Atiqnisar, 31; Mohammed Malik, 28; and Alma Yaniv, 70, were found guilty of causing £212,000 of damage during a direct action protest in Burnley in August 2024. They targeted the bank because it held shares in the Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent.
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