Twenty-five people charged over an August 2024 action at Elbit Systems’ Filton site near Bristol, approximately £1.2m damage, split across multiple trials. Six acquitted of aggravated burglary in February 2026 with a hung jury on criminal damage; four convicted at retrial in May 2026; sentenced 12 June 2026 by Justice Jeremy Johnson with a “terrorist connection” finding — the first ever applied to protest criminal damage in the UK. Three further trials run into 2027.
- UK court jails Palestine Action activists on terrorism charges Al Jazeera · 12 June 2026 aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12/uk-court-jails-palestinian-action-activists-on-terrorism-charges
- First Filton 25 defendants sentenced as terrorists The Bristol Cable · June 2026 thebristolcable.org/2026/06/first-filton-25-defendants-sentenced-as-terrorists/ Local outlet, in court throughout. Best single narrative of the case timeline.
- Terrorism Enhancement for the Filton 25 Sets a Dangerous Precedent The Intercept · Natasha Lennard · 13 June 2026 theintercept.com/2026/06/13/elbit-protest-palestine-action-uk-filton-25-terrorism-enhancement/
- UK terrorist sentence for Palestine Action activist marks dangerous move against right to protest Amnesty International UK Institutional amnesty.org.uk/latest/uk-terrorist-sentence-for-palestine-action-activist-marks-dangerous-move-against-right-to-protest/ The citation to use when you need institutional legitimacy rather than movement voice.
- ‘Direct action is not terrorism’: Filton 25 on the sentencing of Palestine Action defendants openDemocracy · 25 June 2026 opendemocracy.net/terrorism-palestine-action-filton-25-protest-activists/ Commentary on the sentencing. Migration correction: the original annotation wrongly suggested that the statutory definition excludes foreign governments. Section 1(4)(d) expressly includes them; see the correction above.
- Inside the Palestine Action trial that could redefine protest as terrorism openDemocracy opendemocracy.net/inside-the-palestine-action-trial-that-could-redefine-protest-as-terrorism/ Sentences ranged from four years eight months to seven years eight months.
- Jury agrees Filton 24 lacked intent to harm, but convicts 4 activists The Canary · 5 May 2026 Partisan thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/05/05/filton-activists-verdict/ Source for the detail that the court banned mention of jury equity and that people were arrested outside for holding signs about it.
- Victory for Palestine Action as ‘Filton 6’ acquitted Asa Winstanley · February 2026 Partisan asawinstanley.substack.com/p/victory-for-palestine-action-as-filton
- Meet the Filton 24 — remand records Free the Filton 25 Campaign filtonactionists.com/meet-the-filton-24/ Individual remand figures: 458, 557 and 569 days in prison without conviction. Ordinary pre-trial remand runs to roughly six months.