The jury's ruling in the trial of the Filton Six—six of the Filton Twenty Four—reaffirms the jury's constitutional right to judge the application of the law of the land, in accordance with their conscience, based on the evidence. The jury's decision lays the constitutional truth bare: it is the people, through trial by jury, who rule the nation by judging the law.

For the UK government to continue to serve as a functional oligarchy, it is an Establishment imperative that the people never realise or, more importantly, never exercise their constitutional rights and liberties. Consequently, the UK propaganda machine is in top gear, furiously trying to ensure the government gets its desired win-win from its prosecutions of the remaining Filton Nineteen—one of the Filton Six is still incarcerated on remand—and its desired retrial of the Filton Six.

We will discuss this political context shortly. First, we'll focus on what happened during the trial of the Filton Six and, crucially, what didn't.

The Jury's Ruling

As Israel's largest defence firm, Elbit Systems' business includes selling munitions, drones, guided rocket systems, reconnaissance, and surveillance technology to Israel's military. The ongoing genocide of the Palestinians by the Israeli government has seen Elbit Systems' global revenue increase by 14%. Elbit Systems and its shareholders profited handsomely from the Israeli government's mass murder of at least 17,000 Palestinian children.

Elbit Systems UK claimed that the allegation it supplied weapons and weapons technology to the Israeli Military were "completely false." This was not true.

Elbit Systems UK sits within a UK-based weapons system manufacturing ecosystem. Through its joint ventures with multinational defence contractors like Thales, and by operating through its subsidiaries like Instro Precision Limited, Elbit Systems UK is able to export military technology to Israel both directly and through a kind of export licensing shell-game facilitated by the UK government.

The trial of the Filton Six began on 17th November 2025 in Woolwich Crown Court. That the Filton Six had broken into the Elbit Systems UK's factory in August 2024, and that they used tools—chisels, crowbars, and sledgehammers, etc.,—to destroy as much equipment and weaponry as they could, was not contested by the defence.

The Six were charged with aggravated burglary (contrary to s.10 of Theft Act 1968), criminal damage (s.1 of Criminal Damage Act 1971), and violent disorder (s.2 of Public Order Act 1986). One defendant was additionally charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent (contrary to s.18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861). The Six pleaded "not guilty" to all charges.

From the defendant's perspective, aggravated burglary was the most serious charge. If found guilty they could and, in all likelihood, would have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury found all defendants "not guilty" of that offence.

Three were found "not guilty" of violent disorder. The jury was hung on the same charge for the remaining three defendants and on the charge of grievous bodily harm with intent for one of the defendants.

This means three or more of the jury could not agree to find the defendants guilty, or not guilty, as charged. A majority verdict either way could not be reached. The jury was also hung in respect the charge of criminal damage for all six defendants.