The jury in the trial of seven activists who decommissioned a Brighton arms factory to prevent Israel war crimes in Gaza in January 2009, have now found all seven activists not guilty of Conspiracy to Cause Criminal Damage by unanimous verdict in Hove Crown Court.
In January 2009 activists broke into the EDO MBM's manufacturing plant
and went to work destroying computers and sabotaging machinery, causing
around £200,000 of damage. They offered no defence other than the
prevention of imminent war crimes.
One of the activists, Chris Osmond said:
"This action was taken was taken because of EDO MBMs illegal supply of weapons to the Israeli military. We brought the suffering of ordinary Palestinians into a British courtroom and confronted with the evidence they took the brave decision to find that our actions were justified."
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One of the activists, Chris Osmond said:
"This action was taken was taken because of EDO MBMs illegal supply of weapons to the Israeli military. We brought the suffering of ordinary Palestinians into a British courtroom and confronted with the evidence they took the brave decision to find that our actions were justified."
Read more at smashEDO
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