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Powys County Times
18-07-2025
- Powys County Times
Four face 2027 trial over alleged Palestine Action aircraft damage
Four people accused of plotting to damage two Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in a demonstration allegedly carried out by members of Palestine Action face trial in 2027. About £7 million worth of damage was caused to the aircraft at the airbase in Oxfordshire on June 20 in an incident alleged to have a 'terrorist connection', the Old Bailey heard. Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Jony Cink, 24, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 36, and Lewis Chiaramello, 22, are charged with conspiracy to enter a prohibited place 'knowingly for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the United Kingdom', and conspiracy to commit criminal damage. It has previously been alleged the defendants had been heavily involved in Palestine Action at the time. On the same day they were charged, MPs backed the Government's move to ban the direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. On Friday, the defendants appeared at the Old Bailey for a hearing to set a timetable for the case amid heightened security outside the central London court. The two female defendants appeared by video-link from Bronzefield jail with the two male defendants in the dock in court. Watched by members of the public in a packed public gallery, the defendants spoke only to confirm their identities. Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay KC said the case related to 'criminal damage to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in the early hours of June 20 which caused extensive damage to the aircraft'. He said the case was being heard in the terrorism list before Mrs Justice Cheema- Grubb, 'the prosecution submission being this case has a terrorist connection'. Mr Polnay said a provisional trial fixture of six to eight weeks had been identified from January 18 2027. He accepted that was 'obviously a considerable distance away' and there was uncertainty at this stage how long any trial would take. He added the length of the trial would depend on whether the defendants accepted being involved in the 'physical acts undoubtedly taken'. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the 2027 trial date meant an 'inordinately long time' for the four young people to wait in custody. She said: 'The sooner the real issues in this case are identified the better for everyone, particularly in fixing the trial date.' The senior judge confirmed the 2027 trial date at the Old Bailey but said she would review it at a plea hearing on January 16 next year. Gardiner-Gibson, Jony Cink, both of no fixed address, Jeronymides-Norie, of Barnet, north London, and Chiaramello, of Brent, north London, were remanded into custody.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Yahoo
Four face 2027 trial over alleged Palestine Action aircraft damage
Four people accused of plotting to damage two Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in a demonstration allegedly carried out by members of Palestine Action face trial in 2027. About £7 million worth of damage was caused to the aircraft at the airbase in Oxfordshire on June 20 in an incident alleged to have a 'terrorist connection', the Old Bailey heard. Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Jony Cink, 24, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 36, and Lewis Chiaramello, 22, are charged with conspiracy to enter a prohibited place 'knowingly for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the United Kingdom', and conspiracy to commit criminal damage. It has previously been alleged the defendants had been heavily involved in Palestine Action at the time. On the same day they were charged, MPs backed the Government's move to ban the direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. On Friday, the defendants appeared at the Old Bailey for a hearing to set a timetable for the case amid heightened security outside the central London court. The two female defendants appeared by video-link from Bronzefield jail with the two male defendants in the dock in court. Watched by members of the public in a packed public gallery, the defendants spoke only to confirm their identities. Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay KC said the case related to 'criminal damage to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in the early hours of June 20 which caused extensive damage to the aircraft'. He said the case was being heard in the terrorism list before Mrs Justice Cheema- Grubb, 'the prosecution submission being this case has a terrorist connection'. Mr Polnay said a provisional trial fixture of six to eight weeks had been identified from January 18 2027. He accepted that was 'obviously a considerable distance away' and there was uncertainty at this stage how long any trial would take. He added the length of the trial would depend on whether the defendants accepted being involved in the 'physical acts undoubtedly taken'. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the 2027 trial date meant an 'inordinately long time' for the four young people to wait in custody. She said: 'The sooner the real issues in this case are identified the better for everyone, particularly in fixing the trial date.' The senior judge confirmed the 2027 trial date at the Old Bailey but said she would review it at a plea hearing on January 16 next year. Gardiner-Gibson, Jony Cink, both of no fixed address, Jeronymides-Norie, of Barnet, north London, and Chiaramello, of Brent, north London, were remanded into custody.
ITV News
18-07-2025
- ITV News
Four face trial over alleged Palestine Action aircraft damage at RAF Brize Norton
Four people accused of plotting to damage two Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton, in a demonstration allegedly carried out by members of Palestine Action, face trial in 2027. About £7 million worth of damage was caused to the aircraft at the airbase in Oxfordshire on June 20 in an incident alleged to have a 'terrorist connection', the Old Bailey heard. Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Jony Cink, 24, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 36, and Lewis Chiaramello, 22, are charged with conspiracy to enter a prohibited place 'knowingly for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the United Kingdom', and conspiracy to commit criminal damage. It has previously been alleged the defendants had been heavily involved in Palestine Action at the time. On the same day they were charged, MPs backed the Government's move to ban the direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. On Friday, the defendants appeared at the Old Bailey for a hearing to set a timetable for the case amid heightened security outside the central London court. The two female defendants appeared by video-link from Bronzefield jail with the two male defendants in the dock in court. Watched by members of the public in a packed public gallery, the defendants spoke only to confirm their identities. Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay KC said the case related to 'criminal damage to two aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in the early hours of June 20 which caused extensive damage to the aircraft'. He said the case was being heard in the terrorism list before Mrs Justice Cheema- Grubb, 'the prosecution submission being this case has a terrorist connection'. Mr Polnay said a provisional trial fixture of six to eight weeks had been identified from January 18 2027. He accepted that was 'obviously a considerable distance away' and there was uncertainty at this stage how long any trial would take. He added the length of the trial would depend on whether the defendants accepted being involved in the 'physical acts undoubtedly taken'. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said the 2027 trial date meant an 'inordinately long time' for the four young people to wait in custody. She said: 'The sooner the real issues in this case are identified the better for everyone, particularly in fixing the trial date.' The senior judge confirmed the 2027 trial date at the Old Bailey but said she would review it at a plea hearing on January 16 next year. Gardiner-Gibson, Jony Cink, both of no fixed address, Jeronymides-Norie, of Barnet, north London, and Chiaramello, of Brent, north London, were remanded into custody.
Evening Standard
18-07-2025
- Evening Standard
Four face 2027 trial over alleged Palestine Action aircraft damage
Court artist drawing of (left to right) Jony Cink, 24, Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Lewie Chiaramello and Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 35, appearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, where they are charged with conspiracy to enter a prohibited place knowingly for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the United Kingdom, and conspiracy to commit criminal damage following an incident at RAF Brize Norton in which two Voyager aircraft were damaged (Elizabeth Cook/PA) PA Wire
The Hindu
03-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Palestine Action ban clears U.K. parliament ahead of legal challenge
A U.K. government move to ban the Palestine Action campaign group under anti-terror laws cleared parliament on Thursday (July 4, 2025) but faces a court challenge to stop the proscription becoming law. Peers in parliament's House of Lords upper chamber backed the move to proscribe the group under the Terrorism Act of 2000 without a vote, a day after MPs approved the legislation. The government announced it would ban Palestine Action after activists from the group broke into an air force base in southern England last week. Two aircraft at the base were sprayed with red paint causing an estimated £7 million ($9.55 million) in damage. The group has condemned the proposed proscription as an "unhinged reaction". An urgent hearing to challenge the ban is set to be held at the High Court in London on Friday. The legal challenge is backed by Amnesty International and other rights groups. The proposed ban on Palestine Action would make it a criminal offence to belong to or support the group, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. Announcing the clamp-down, Interior Minister Yvette Cooper listed other attacks by Palestine Action at the Thales defence factory in Glasgow in 2022, and two last year against Instro Precision in Kent, southeast England, and Israel-based Elbit Systems in Bristol, in the country's southwest. Thursday's approval by the Lords came as four Palestine Action activists were remanded in custody over the break in. Counter-terror police on Wednesday charged the four suspects with "conspiracy to enter a prohibited place knowingly for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the United Kingdom, and conspiracy to commit criminal damage." Prosecutors will argue the offences were terror-linked. Amy Gardiner-Gibson, 29, Daniel Jeronymides-Norie, 35, Jony Cink, 24, and Lewie Chiaramello, 22, appeared at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court. They were remanded in custody until their next appearance at London's Old Bailey criminal court on July 18. A 41-year-old woman who was arrested "on suspicion of assisting an offender" has been released on bail.
