Moment pro-Palestine activist firebombs McDonald's, Starbucks and BBC offices as she faces prison for violent anti-Israel campaign in town
By ELIZABETH HAIGH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
Published: 07:01 EDT, 30 July 2026 | Updated: 08:49 EDT, 30 July 2026
A pro-Palestine activist firebombed a McDonald's, two Starbucks and a BBC office in an anti-Israel crime wave.
Martha Goddard, 51, was convicted this week of constructing homemade incendiary devices which she triggered with lit sparklers before attacking the string of premises in Norwich, Norfolk.
At the scene of her crimes Goddard left behind anti-Israel posters in protest of the treatment of Palestinians in Gaza by Israeli forces, which police used to trace her via fingerprints left on them.
Following a 12-day trial at Woolwich Crown Court, Goddard was convicted of five counts of causing criminal damage and two counts of making an explosive substance.
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