{ "id": "barclays5", "title": "Barclays5", "jurisdiction": "Burnley · England and Wales", "summary": "On 21 August 2026, the judge ruled out terrorist-connection sentencing in the Barclays5 case. The earlier reporting is retained below as a historical record.", "tags": [ "uk", "protest", "sentencing" ], "order": 1, "source_as_of": "2026-07-28", "migrated_on": "2026-10-17", "verification": "historical-import-needs-current-review", "review_note": "The August 2026 ruling supersedes the July dossier’s suggestion that terrorist-connection sentencing remained a possibility in this case. Read the update above first. The wider imported dossier, subsequent sentence and any appeal status have not had a full current-status review.", "updates": [ { "id": "2026-08-21-ruling", "date": "2026-08-21", "date_label": "21 August 2026", "checked": "2026-10-17", "title": "Judge rules out terrorist-connection sentencing", "summary": "On 21 August 2026, HHJ Altham at Preston Crown Court ruled that section 69 of the Sentencing Act 2020 did not apply to the Barclays5 case.", "paragraphs": [ "The judge found that the damage, although significant, did not meet the high threshold of serious damage in the statutory definition of terrorism (ruling, paragraphs 45–50 and 56).", "This was a decision about sentencing, not an acquittal of criminal damage. The judge expressly limited the decision to these facts; it does not rule out terrorist-connection findings in other cases (paragraph 51).", "The July headlines and commentary below describe a sentencing proposal that the court subsequently rejected. This update confirms the August ruling only; later sentencing and appeal outcomes have not been verified here." ], "sources": [ { "title": "R v O’Hagan and others — ruling on section 69 (PDF)", "publisher": "Preston Crown Court; copy hosted by SolicitorNews", "type": "judgment", "date": "2026-08-21", "checked": "2026-10-17", "url": "https://solicitornews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/R-v-OHagan-and-others.pdf" }, { "title": "Case report from counsel’s chambers", "publisher": "Garden Court Chambers; counsel acted for one defendant", "type": "participant-report", "date": "2026-08-21", "checked": "2026-10-17", "url": "https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/palestine-action-barclays-five-activists-will-not-be-sentenced-as-terrorists/" } ] } ], "provenance": { "repository": "https://github.com/PlanetaryCouncil/barclays5", "commit": "9831cfdcb6ca0f63f488cd81794f8e6d0e79f88c", "files": [ "sources.html" ], "original_site": "https://barclays5.planetarycouncil.org/" }, "corrections": [], "body_html": "

Five defendants — Brendon O’Hagan and Mohammed Malik, both 28; Amanda Kelly and Hmeera Atiqnisar, both 31; and Alma Yaniv, 70 — convicted of criminal damage at Preston Crown Court over an August 2024 action at a Barclays branch in Burnley. The CPS applied for a “terrorist connection” finding only after the trial had concluded.

\n\n ", "links": [ { "url": "https://novaramedia.com/2026/07/27/activists-who-spray-painted-barclays-set-to-be-sentenced-as-terrorists/", "label": "novaramedia.com/2026/07/27/activists-who-spray-painted-barclays-set-to-be-sentenced-as-terrorists/", "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked" }, { "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/five-protesters-convicted-criminal-damage-face-sentencing-terrorists", "label": "middleeasteye.net/news/five-protesters-convicted-criminal-damage-face-sentencing-terrorists", "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked" }, { "url": "https://www.declassifieduk.org/five-more-palestine-activists-could-be-sentenced-as-terrorists/", "label": "declassifieduk.org/five-more-palestine-activists-could-be-sentenced-as-terrorists/", "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked" }, { "url": "https://filtonactionists.com/judge-moves-to-sentence-barclays-spray-painters-as-terrorists-despite-no-terror-charges/", "label": "filtonactionists.com/judge-moves-to-sentence-barclays-spray-painters-as-terrorists-despite-no-terror-charges/", "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked" }, { "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/palestine-action-activists-ransacked-barclays-073012794.html", "label": "ca.news.yahoo.com/palestine-action-activists-ransacked-barclays-073012794.html", "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked" }, { "url": "https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/palestine-action-barclays-bank-sentenced-terrorists-rga3642x", "label": "thejc.com/news/uk/palestine-action-barclays-bank-sentenced-terrorists-rga3642x", "verification": "imported-link-not-rechecked" } ], "url": "https://independenttribunal.org/research/barclays5/", "body_text": "Five defendants — Brendon O’Hagan and Mohammed Malik, both 28; Amanda Kelly and Hmeera Atiqnisar, both 31; and Alma Yaniv, 70 — convicted of criminal damage at Preston Crown Court over an August 2024 action at a Barclays branch in Burnley. The CPS applied for a “terrorist connection” finding only after the trial had concluded.\n\n\n\n \n \n Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced as Terrorists \n Novara Media · 27 July 2026 Left \n novaramedia.com/2026/07/27/activists-who-spray-painted-barclays-set-to-be-sentenced-as-terrorists/ \n \n\n\n \n Five protesters convicted of criminal damage face sentencing as terrorists \n Middle East Eye · 27 July 2026 \n middleeasteye.net/news/five-protesters-convicted-criminal-damage-face-sentencing-terrorists \n \n\n\n \n Five more Palestine activists could be sentenced as terrorists \n Declassified UK · 27 July 2026 \n declassifieduk.org/five-more-palestine-activists-could-be-sentenced-as-terrorists/ \n Has the court-filing detail that the CPS applied only after the trial ended. Interview with Atiqnisar. \n \n\n\n \n Judge moves to sentence Barclays spray painters as terrorists despite no terror charges \n Free the Filton 25 · campaign site Campaign \n filtonactionists.com/judge-moves-to-sentence-barclays-spray-painters-as-terrorists-despite-no-terror-charges/ \n Fullest account of the sequence, including the judge circulating Justice Johnson’s Filton ruling to defence counsel. Partisan — corroborate before relying on it. \n \n\n\n \n PA wire copy, syndicated \n Press Association via Yahoo Agency \n ca.news.yahoo.com/palestine-action-activists-ransacked-barclays-073012794.html \n The neutral agency version most outlets ran. Best single citation for the bare facts. \n \n\n\n \n Palestine Action Barclays bank — sentenced as terrorists \n The Jewish Chronicle Hostile \n thejc.com/news/uk/palestine-action-barclays-bank-sentenced-terrorists-rga3642x \n Unsympathetic to the defendants and confirms the same underlying facts. Valuable for exactly that reason." }