Six members of Palestine Action took part in a direct action against the Filton R&D facility of Elbit Systems in August 2024. (This action took place a whole year before Yvette Cooper’s controversial proscription of the organisation – the decision that a Judicial Review is likely to hand down its ruling on, in the coming days.)
The six young people have been in prison on remand for 17 months and their trial began on November 17th 2025 at Woolwich Crown Court in front of Mr Justice Johnson.
The defendants are Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin.
All six are charged jointly on three counts:
- Aggravated burglary (Section 10 of Theft Act 1968)
- Criminal damage (Section 1 of Criminal Damage Act 1971)
- Violent disorder (Section 2 of Public Order Act 1986)
As well as the three counts listed above, Samuel Corner faces an additional charge under Section 18 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861, of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.The jury have options in his case of finding him guilty of lesser offences – these could be Grievous Bodily Harm, Actual Bodily Harm With Intent, or Actual Bodily Harm.
All defendants have pled not guilty.
The jury began deliberating on Tuesday 13th January, but illness and other factors mean that several days have been lost along the way, and it’s taken around 8 full days to reach this point.
Friends, family and legal representatives have been waiting on tenterhooks for the moment the jury reached their unanimous verdicts as follows:
Check out our handy index which will help guide you through the several long articles which cover this entire trial in detail.
| CHARGE | Aggravated Burglary | Criminal Damage | Violent Disorder |
| Charlotte Head | Not guilty | No verdict | No verdict |
| Samuel Corner | Not guilty | No verdict | No verdict |
| Leona Kamio | Not guilty | No verdict | No verdict |
| Fatema Z Rajwani | Not guilty | No verdict | Not Guilty |
| Zoe Rogers | Not guilty | No verdict | Not Guilty |
| Jordan Devlin | Not guilty | No verdict | Not Guilty |
On Count 4, Samuel Corner (accused of Grievous Bodily Harm With Intent)
NO VERDICT
During the afternoon, bail submissions were heard, and although five of the defendants have been given bail on strict conditions (pending the CPS decision next week on whether to press for a retrial), Samuel Corner’s bail has been refused, also subject to further review.
We interviewed the mother of Zoe Rogers shortly after bail was granted. She descibed the result as a strong message to the government not to treat protesters as criminals or terrorists and to Stop Arming Israel.
