4 UK Palestine Action Activists Could be Sentenced as Terrorists
Four activists convicted of criminal damage may face longer sentences after judges found the raid had a terrorism connection.
- On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal ruled that Justice Jeremy Johnson lacked jurisdiction to refer Barrister Rajiv Menon for contempt of court, halting the unprecedented attempt to prosecute the lawyer for his closing speech.
- Johnson had referred Menon after the barrister referenced the 17th-century Bushell's Case during the initial trial, which established the right of juries to reach verdicts according to their convictions, despite the judge explicitly barring arguments regarding jury equity.
- Reporting restrictions lifted Tuesday revealed the court intends to add a "terrorist connection" to charges against Leona Kamio, Samuel Corner, Fatema Rajwani, and Charlotte Head, despite the jury convicting them only of criminal damage.
- Campaign group Defend Our Juries described the prospect as a "grave miscarriage of justice," warning that secret sentencing as terrorists without jury knowledge creates an "authoritarian and insidious precedent."
- Sentencing for the four activists is scheduled for June 12, where Johnson may still apply the terrorism link, while the Court of Appeal ordered the contempt case against Menon returned to the trial judge for next steps.
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