Palestine Action ‘Barclays five’ will not be sentenced as terrorists

Activists who targeted bank in Burnley were found guilty in June of causing damage exceeding 200,000

Five Palestine Action activists who vandalised a Barclays branch in Burnley will not be sentenced as terrorists, a judge has ruled.

Dubbed the Barclays five, Brendon O'Hagan, 28; Amanda Kelly, 31; Hmeera Atiqnisar, 31; Mohammed Malik, 28; and Alma Yaniv, 70, were all found guilty in June of causing damage exceeding 200,000, after breaking windows and throwing red paint at a branch of Barclays Bank in Lancashire in August 2024.