Six people — Samuel Corner, 23; Charlotte Head, 29; Leona Kamio, 30; Fatema Rajwani, 21; Zoe Rogers, 22; and Jordan Devlin, 31 — were found not guilty of aggravated burglary at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday.

However, the jury failed to reach verdicts on additional charges of criminal damage, violent disorder and causing grievous bodily harm, on which prosecutors may now seek a retrial.

Three of the defendants — Rajwani, Rogers and Devlin — were found not guilty of violent disorder, while the jury failed to reach a verdict in respect of Corner, Head and Kamio.

No verdicts were reached on the charges of criminal damage against any of them.

The jury also failed to reach a verdict on the charge of causing grievous bodily harm against Corner, who was accused of striking a police officer with a sledgehammer.

Pending a decision by prosecutors on whether to seek a retrial, all of the activists with the exception of Corner were released yesterday on conditional bail.

The alleged offences relate to an attack on Elbit Systems UK’s factory in Bristol on 6 August 2024, prior to the proscription of Palestine Action under UK terrorism legislation.

It was among a series of incidents referred to by the then home secretary, Yvette Cooper, when the UK government last summer announced its decision to proscribe the group, though she said she would “not comment on the specifics” in order to “avoid prejudicing future criminal trials”.