Four alleged pro-Palestine protesters deny £1.2m damage to Wolverhampton factory
Four alleged pro-Palestine protesters have pleaded not guilty to causing more than £1.2 million of damage in a planned attack on a UK factory linked to Israel.
Iain Evans, 32, Hisham Alkhamesi, 23, Bea Sherman, 23, and Hana Yun Stevens, 23, are accused of breaking into the Moog Aircraft Group base in Pendeford, Wolverhampton.
It is alleged that members of a group, named online as Palestinian Martyrs, got on to the roof of the factory during the incident at 3.50am last August 26.
A video released on social media allegedly showed the group ram through gates in a four-wheel drive vehicle before letting off a red flare and climbing a ladder.
The manufacturer Moog Aircraft Group was allegedly targeted for supplying equipment fitted on F-35 fighter jets used by the Israeli government to bomb Palestinians in Gaza.
Significant damage was caused to a number of skylights and solar panels, Staffordshire Police have previously said.
On Friday, the defendants appeared at the Old Bailey and pleaded not guilty to a single count of criminal damage on August 26 2025.
Evans, from Shipley, West Yorkshire; Alkhamesi, of Hinckley, Lincolnshire; Sherman, of Hassocks, West Sussex; and Stevens, of south-west London, entered their pleas by video link from custody.
During the Old Bailey hearing, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb heard a bail application for all four defendants.
The senior judge granted them bail on stringent conditions, including a surety of £10,000.
The defendants face a three-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court from June 8 before a High Court judge.
