Breaking: 3 ‘Teledyne 4’ Palestine activists sentenced to prison

Three of the ‘Teledyne 4‘ group of anti-genocide activists have each been sentenced to 20 months in prison for causing around £570,000 of damage to US arms-maker Teledyne‘s factory in Shipley, which supplies the Israeli military with components for missiles.

Second trial for Teledyne 4

Laura Gao, Ruby Hamill, Daniel Jones and Najam Shah were originally tried in September 2024.

The judge at that trial falsely told the jury it could not acquit them for trying to prevent a greater crime – the Gaza genocide. This is untrue – jurors have an absolute right to acquit according to conscience under English law.

The jurors then failed to agree on a verdict at all, but the Starmer regime decided to put them on trial again. They were tried again in February 2026 and convicted.

‘Resistance cannot be locked away’

Gao, Jones and Shah were sentenced today, 24 April 2026. Skwawkbox understands that Hamill will now be sentenced at a later date.

The Defend and Mobilise Support group said of the convictions that:

The attempt by the state to repress our movement and imprison solidarity will only backfire. The resistance for a liberated Palestine cannot be locked away. We will share updates on how to provide support to them.

Several ‘Filton 24’ anti-genocide activists have also faced retrial this week after the jury in their first trial refused to convict them. The Starmer regime is determined to criminalise resistance to Israel’s crimes – even the families of those who resist – legal precedent and the rights and verdicts of juries’ verdicts be damned.