The six – Charlotte Head, 29, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and Jordan Devlin, 31 – all denied charges of aggravated burglary, violent disorder and criminal damage.
Rajwani, Rogers and Devlin were found not guilty of violent disorder by a jury at the Woolwich Crown Court, while it could not reach verdicts on the same charge against Head, Corner and Kamio after more than 36 and a half hours of deliberation.
The jury was also unable to reach verdicts for charges of criminal damage against all six defendants, and was also unable to reach a verdict on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent against Corner, for allegedly hitting a female police sergeant with a sledgehammer.
While the defendants have been acquitted on the aggravated burglary charge, they could face a retrial on the counts on which verdicts could not be reached.
Prosecutor Deanna Heer said that following the decisions, her team wanted time to consider whether to seek a retrial on those counts.
Prosecutors had told a jury at the start of the trial that the six were part of a larger group that used a former prison van to smash into the factory early one morning, with some using fireworks and smoke grenades to keep away security guards.
Others had caused “extensive damage” in the plant by smashing equipment with crowbars and hammers and spraying paint, Heer had said.
