UK Palestine Action activist tells court sledgehammer attack on officer was ‘reasonable’
In retrial over 2024 raid of Israeli defense firm’s Bristol factory, defendant admits cop he targeted after hearing screams from fellow activist wasn’t actually hurting anyone
By Zev Stub Follow
Today, 6:17 pm
A member of the British group Palestine Action told a court on Thursday that he believed it was “reasonable” to strike a police officer with a sledgehammer during a 2024 attack on an Israeli defense firm’s UK factory
Six members of the anti-Israel group are being retried after a jury acquitted them of aggravated burglary earlier this year but wasn’t able to reach verdicts on several key charges, including criminal damage and violent disorder.
One of the defendants, Samuel Corner, 23, was called to testify on Thursday and told the court that he hit the officer with a sledgehammer after hearing “someone screaming” and fearing that one of his fellow activists was being hurt by security personnel.
The officer suffered a fractured spine from the attack and remains on restricted duty.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-palestine-action-activist-tells-court-sledgehammer-attack-on-officer-was-reasonable/
