
法庭获悉,“巴勒斯坦行动”组织的支持者手持大锤、断线钳、烟雾弹和烟花闯入肯特郡的一家工厂,企图造成尽可能大的破坏。
Palestine Action supporters broke into a factory in Kent armed with sledgehammers, bolt cutters, smoke bombs and fireworks intent on causing as much damage as they could, a court has heard.
伦敦中央刑事法院获悉,在2024年6月17日对桑威奇Instro Precision公司的黎明突袭中,一名保安被喷红漆,另一名保安的陆虎汽车在车内有人的情况下被砸毁。
A security guard was sprayed with red paint and another's Land Rover was smashed up with him inside it during the dawn raid on Instro Precision in Sandwich on 17 June 2024, the Old Bailey was told.
面临刑事破坏、蓄意入室盗窃和寻衅滋事指控的九名男女目前正在接受审判。
Nine men and women are on trial accused of criminal damage, burglary with intent and violent disorder.
检察官安妮·怀特御用大律师(Anne Whyte KC)表示,该团伙企图“砸毁”该场所,“直到他们被阻止”。
Prosecutor Anne Whyte KC said the group intended to "smash up" the premises "until they were stopped".
据称,被告是已被取缔的“巴勒斯坦行动”组织的追随者,该组织蓄意将该工厂作为目标,因为该厂与以色列关联国防公司埃尔比特(Elbit)有关联。
The defendants were said to be followers of the banned Palestine Action group which had deliberately targeted the plant for its association with Elbit, an Israeli-linked defence company.
怀特说:“这次袭击经过精心策划,每个参与者都有自己特定的角色。”陪审团于周二获悉,袭击者大致分为两组,一组身穿黑色工作服,另一组身穿红色工作服。
Whyte said: "The attack was carefully planned, and everyone involved had their own specific role." The attackers were broadly split into two groups, one dressed in black boiler suits and the others in red, jurors were told on Tuesday.
怀特说,前者的目的是“压制”保安,使后者能够进入大楼并造成“广泛破坏”。法庭还获悉,其他人则作为组织者、司机或负责封锁现场入口。
The former were there to "overwhelm" security guards, enabling the latter team to enter the building and cause "extensive damage", Whyte said. Others were involved as organisers, drivers or tasked with blocking entry to the site, the court was told.
据称,在闯入事件发生前的几天里,他们在赫恩贝伊租了一处“安全屋”,被告从英国各地汇聚到肯特郡。
In the days leading up to the break-in, a "safe house" was said to have been rented in Herne Bay, with defendants converging on Kent from various locations around the UK.