A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm nine years after a woman was pushed into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge. The incident in 2017 was captured on video, and the bus driver's quick reactions saved the woman's life.
Four Palestine Action activists have been sentenced to lengthy custodial terms for damaging drones and equipment at an Elbit Systems UK factory. A judge ruled there was a "terrorist connection" to the offences, citing the planned nature of the attack and its aim to intimidate the government and public for political causes. The damage caused was estimated at £1.2m.
A 30-year-old Sunshine Coast man is charged with grievous bodily harm after his 9-week-old baby son suffered life-threatening injuries, including severe brain damage, fractures, and multiple traumas, allegedly at his hands.
In one of the first cases of its kind in Australia, a man with a sexually transmitted infection admits to recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm.
Samuel Corner, 23, is on trial at Woolwich Crown Court accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Sgt Kate Evans during a Palestine Action protest at the Elbit Systems arms factory in Filton, near Bristol, on 6 August 2024. Corner claims he struck the officer with a sledgehammer to protect a co-defendant he believed was being seriously hurt by security guards. He says he was panicked after being sprayed with Pava spray and heard screaming. The officer's spine was fractured. Corner, who is autistic and a former University of Oxford student, denies all charges alongside five co-defendants.
