"I don't regret signing up to this action because I'm very acutely aware I was quantifiably saving lives. We know we did the right thing by signing up to this. Devlin and Zoe Rogers, 22, were both cleared at Woolwich crown court of criminal damage but Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, were convicted."
"He said they had been acting to save Palestinian lives. The 31-year-old from County Antrim, Northern Ireland described smashing up equipment including drones as a fantastic feeling. He said: I don't regret signing up to this action because I'm very acutely aware I was quantifiably saving lives."
"Devlin is struggling to understand the different verdicts but believes missing CCTV footage from the factory didn't help the prosecution, even though we both said we [destroyed property]. For example, there was no CCTV footage of an incident in which a security guard, Angelo Volante, appeared to strike Devlin across the neck with the handle of a sledgehammer, but it was shown in court because it was captured on a police body-worn camera."
"Tuesday's verdicts came after a retrial. Devlin and his co-defendants, except Corner, were bailed in February after 18 months in prison awaiting trial when a jury cleared them all of aggravated burglary, acquitted Devlin, Rogers and Rajwani of violent disorder and failed to reach a verdicts on criminal damage charges and an allegation that Corner had inflicted grievous bodily harm on Sgt Kate Evans."
Jordan Devlin, acquitted over a protest at an Israeli arms manufacturer’s UK site, said he and five co-defendants did the right thing by acting to save Palestinian lives. He described smashing equipment including drones as a “fantastic feeling” and said he did not regret joining the action. Devlin and Zoe Rogers were cleared of criminal damage, while Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio, and Fatema Rajwani were convicted for criminal damage related to the 6 August 2024 protest at the Elbit Systems UK site near Bristol. Devlin said missing CCTV footage from the factory did not help the prosecution, while a security guard incident was shown via police body-worn camera. Verdicts followed a retrial, after earlier proceedings and prison remand decisions.
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