Filton judge issues new contempt proceedings for informing jury of law

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Jeremy Johnson is the security services-linked judge who sentenced four ‘Filton 25’ activists as terrorists for trying to prevent mass murder. He is also the judge who tried to convict Rajiv Menon KC, one of the defence lawyers, for contempt of court. The appeal court had upheld Menon’s appeal, on procedural grounds, against the first charge Johnson brought, but also said Johnson could award himself the right to try again if he ticked the right boxes. And he is trying again. He has even decided he can bring the case as ‘summary proceedings”, despite there being no urgency. The case will…

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Breaking: ‘Moog 4’ walk free as jury refuses to convict

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The ‘Moog 4’ anti-genocide activists who were put on trial for direct action against an arms firm supplying Israel have walked free from Birmingham Crown Court today. The jury in the trial was split and refused to convict the activists despite the prosecution claiming the decision to convict would be “simple”. The activists were charged with breaking into the Wolverhampton factory of Moog Aircraft Group, which supplies parts to Israel for the colony’s F-35 strike aircraft used to slaughter Palestinian civilians. They were accused of damaging weapons components and occupying the factory’s roof. They told the jury that: We believed the…

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Jury refuses to convict Palestine activists over arms firm raid

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Hung jury in case of four protesters who raided Wolverhampton arms factory said to produce “military aircraft parts for Israel” After more than 17 hours of deliberation, a jury at Birmingham crown court has failed to reach a verdict over whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory. Iain Evans, Hana-Yun Stevens, Frank Sherman, and Hisham Alkhamezi were each accused of criminal damage at a factory owned by Moog, a US aerospace firm, in Wolverhampton. During the trial, the jury saw footage from helicopters and CCTV cameras which showed the defendants crashing through the site’s front gate and…

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