Palestine Action defendant wounded by taser and sledgehammer in raid, court hears

Palestine Action defendant wounded by taser and sledgehammer in raid, court hears Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Thu, 04/23/2026 - 17:14 Leona Kamio and Samuel Corner described altercations with security guards and police at Woolwich Crown Court Protesters outside Woolwich Crown Court in London, where alleged Palestine Action activists are on trial (AFP) Off A Palestine Action defendant was left with multiple wounds and bruises caused by blows from a sledgehammer and a police officer’s taser, an English court heard on Thursday. A medical report recorded that Leona Kamio, a 30-year-old nursery school teacher, had taser wounds to her right arm and right hip, a bruise to the chin, a small scratch and another wound caused by a sledgehammer to the right hand after being arrested at an Israeli -owned arms factory. Kamio, along with fellow defendants Charlotte Head, 29, Jordan Devlin, 31, Fatema Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Samuel Corner, 23, faces charges of criminal damage in connection with a break-in to a factory owned by Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems at Filton, near Bristol, in August 2024.