Five of the six Filton24 defendants being retried on the charge of criminal damage in connection to a Palestine Action raid on an Elbit Systems factory in 2024 have chosen to represent themselves. Simon Childs reports.
Head told the jury: “Politicians want to get rid of juries altogether”, adding, “They are frightened that you will listen to us, the defendants, when we talk to you and afraid of the power you hold as a jury. It’s entirely possible you may be one of the last juries to get to make decisions in a case like this before even that right is taken away from ordinary people.”
She may be right.