Barclays Five Escape Terrorism Label as Court Sets Next-Month Criminal-Damage Sentences
TL;DR
Five Palestine Action activists who vandalised a Burnley Barclays branch were found guilty of criminal damage exceeding £200,000, but the court ruled the act did not meet the threshold for a terrorist sentence. They will be sentenced next month for criminal damage with shorter terms. The decision follows debate over the use of counter-terror powers after Palestine Action was proscribed and linked to the incident by prosecutors during the trial. Amnesty International welcomed the ruling, calling for the proscription to be lifted and an end to sweeping terrorism powers against protesters.
- Palestine Action ‘Barclays five’ will not be sentenced as terrorists The Guardian
- Palestine Action activists will not be sentenced as terrorists, judge rules Al Jazeera
- Pro-Palestinian activists who vandalized UK bank won’t be sentenced as terrorists The Times of Israel
- Palestine Action's bank attack 'not terrorism-linked', says judge BBC
- Liberty’s responds to terror connection not being applied to Barclays five libertyhumanrights.org.uk
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