Eight activists appeared in court on charges of breaking into the UK facility of an Israeli defense firm

Eight pro-Palestinian protesters appeared in court after being charged with allegedly trespassing at the premises of an Israel-based defense firm in South Gloucestershire.

Elbit Systems UK’s site near Patchway, Bristol, was allegedly attacked by members of the Palestine Movement on the morning of 6 August, the Old Bailey previously heard.

Sean Middlebrough (32), Aleksandra Herbich (40), Tutea Hoxa (28), Julija Brigadirova (32), Huba Muraisi (30), Qesser Zuhrah (19), Zahra Farooque (24) and Kamran Ahmed (27) aggravated theft and He is charged with criminal damage.

Hoxa, of Beckenham, south-east London, and Brigadirova, of Manchester, face just those two charges.

Middlebrough from Liverpool, Herbich from Kensal Rise in north-west London, Zuhrah from Woolwich in south-east London, Muraisi from Bloomsbury, central London, Farooque from Fulham in south-west London and Ahmed from East London Ham is also charged with violent disorder.

The group appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, where they were ordered to appear at the Old Bailey on December 6.

District Judge Snow denied the defendants bail and remanded them in custody.

At least 30 friends and family appeared in the public gallery, waving to the defendants and shaking their fists in the air as they emerged.

Some fans burst into tears after the judge’s decision to deny bail. Outside, a small group was protesting and waving Palestinian flags near the court entrance.

An earlier hearing was told that a vehicle crashed into the door of the building during the protest, injuring two police officers and a security guard who intervened.

Ten more people appeared in court and will be tried next year for the same incident.

Samuel Corner, 22, of Devon, is charged with criminal damage using a sledgehammer as an offensive weapon, violent disorder and aggravated burglary.

He is also accused of wounding police sergeant Kate Evans “with intent to resist or hinder the lawful arrest or detention of another person”.

He is also alleged to have caused actual bodily harm to Angelo Volante and Pc Aaron Buxton.

Jordan Devlin, 30, Stoke Newington, north-east London, Charlotte Head, 28, Caerleon, Newport, south Wales, Leona Kamio, 28, Hackney, east London, Fatema Rajwani, 20, East Mitcham, Merton, south West London and North London Enfield Zoe Rogers, 20, of , is charged with criminal damage, violent disorder and aggravated burglary. sledgehammer.

Also included are Hannah Davidson, 51, of Calder Gardens, Edinburgh, Ian Sanders, 45, of Regent Place, Leamington Spa, William Plastow, 33, of High Croft Avenue, Manchester, and Madeline Norman, 29, of Wester Drylaw Drive, Edinburgh. It is located. He was jointly charged with using a sledgehammer to cause aggravated damage and aggravated burglary in connection with the incident.

Norman is also charged with violent disorder.