Palestine Action activist struck officer with sledgehammer, jury told View Image

A Palestine Action activist struck a police sergeant with a sledgehammer, causing her to scream out in pain, after swinging it at another officer at an Israel -based defence firm's UK site, a trial has heard.

Six activists are accused of carrying out an attack at Elbit Systems in Bristol after breaking into the factory in a prison van in the early hours of August 6 last year, using sledgehammers as weapons and wearing red jumpsuits.

Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin are charged with aggravated burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder in relation to the alleged break-in.

Corner denies a further charge of causing police sergeant Kate Evans grie

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