A Slippery Slope in Sentencing: The Barclays 5 and the Blurred Lines of Terrorist Offences Five Palestine Action activists, convicted of causing £212,000 in damages to a Barclays bank branch in Burnley, will face sentencing on September 4.
What's unusual about this case is not the severity of the crime, but rather the prospect that the defendants may be labeled as terrorists.
The application of terrorism linked offences has sparked outrage among supporters and raised questions about the use of existing laws.