And her spine was certainly damaged. She remains in “constant pain” from the sledgehammer attack.
Palestine Action (PA) is an especially violent anti-Israel group that, as part of its remit, tries to shut down Israeli companies doing business in the U.K. It invades buildings, smashes machines, sets on fire whatever is flammable. And it does not spare anyone in its way, including the police. So far the PA “activists” have not yet killed anyone, but give them time. The latest story is about a Palestine Action squad entering a London building belonging to Elbit, an Israeli defense company. They found there a policewoman, Kate Evans, who then tried to arrest one of their number, Zoe Rogers. At that. point, another member of Palestine Action, Samuel Corner, swung a sledgehammer over his shoulder and swung it at her from behind, hitting her right on her spine, leaving her with excruciating pain ever since, and the immediate fear, as she testified in court, that her spine might have been broken. More on the trial of those Palestine Action bully-boys can be found here: “Police sergeant feared her spine ‘shattered’ after Palestine Action activist struck her back with a sledgehammer, trial hears,” by Joe Rossiter, Daily Mail, April 17, 2026:
A police sergeant thought her spine may have ‘shattered’ and feared being ‘paralysed’ after a Palestine Action activist hit her in the back with a sledgehammer, a court has heard.
Sergeant Kate Evans was allegedly hit by an activist who broke into a defence firm’s factory in 2024 while she tried to arrest another trespasser.
Afterwards, Sergeant Evans was unable to drive, dress, or walk unaided. Even today, almost two years later, she is in “constant pain” from the attack.
Six activists entered the UK site of Israel-based defence firm Elbit Systems near Bristol on August 6, 2024, destroying property and clashing with security guards and police, it is alleged.
Prosecutors said Samuel Corner hit Sergeant Evans while she was on her knees trying to arrest Zoe Rogers.
The pair are on trial with four other defendants – Charlotte Head, Leona Kamio, Fatema Rajwani and Jordan Devlin – at Woolwich Crown Court.
Sergeant Evans told the court on Friday: ‘It was a thud and it just dispersed, I felt it in my back, it dispersed across my whole body, down my legs, everywhere.’
She said she had been ‘shocked’, ‘in disbelief’ and ‘scared’, adding: ‘I thought my spine could have been shattered from the impact, I didn’t know if I could move, whether I was paralysed at the time.’
Her colleague PC Peter Adams told the court that Corner hit Sergeant Evans with a ‘considerable amount of force’.
PC Adams said he ‘heard her scream in pain from the impact’ and added Corner was ‘clearly a threat at that time’.
His colleague PC Aaron Buxton said he saw Corner raise the sledgehammer over his shoulder and strike Sergeant Evans, who made an ‘immediate noise of pain’.
He told jurors that Corner had previously swung the sledgehammer towards him ‘multiple times’ as he was on the floor struggling with Devlin….
So Samuel Corner had already swung his sledgehammer several times at PC Buxton’s leg, while the latter was trying to subdue another Palestine Action member before attacking Sergeant Evans.
In the early hours of the morning the six defendants, dressed in red jumpsuits, crashed into the shutters outside the factory in a prison van driven by Head which was ‘used as a battering ram’, the court previously heard….
Where did the Palestine Action people manage to steal a prison van? That act of theft alone should put the thief and his accomplices in jail for a few years, with a much longer sentence for Samuel Corner, the man who inflicted bodily harm on one police officer and serious bodily harm on another. And perhaps the other five defendants could be charged as accessories to Corner, for they did nothing to prevent him from repeatedly using his sledgehammer. The evidence may show that they were egging him on to deal violently with “the pigs.”
All six are guilty of the wanton destruction of property. For that, sentences of three to five years would be appropriate. For committing “grievous bodily harm” with his sledgehammer, Samuel Corner deserves an extra five to ten years. An exemplary punishment is called for. Make it sufficiently long that others of his savage ilk, consumed with their hatred of the Jewish state, will decide, after all, that they’d better refrain from violence; the British judiciary is in a no-nonsense mood; no matter how pleasurable it may be to attack the police, it just isn’t worth it. Meanwhile, just keep mindlessly chanting “globalize the Intifada” at the top of your lungs. At this point, the law of diminishing returns sets in, and no one will pay you no never mind.
somehistory says
Someone should take the hammer to his ugly smirk. Prison for a little while is too good for this murderer-wannabee.
Bexarkat says
His action would be no less deplorable had he been an arab thug, however he appears to be English or some variation thereof. I am unclear on the English system of justice (such as it is), but I wonder if the police sergeant can sue for civil damages as well? She will never be without pain, nor can she be made whole again. She will likely be forced into her pension prematurely…this thug goldilocks should have his income garnished until he is dead. I wish the British police were armed and, in this case, deadly force used…it would certainly have been justified.
pete replica says
1 There is no guarantee they’ll even be found guilty of anything
2 A civil remedy can be made. I knew someone in similar circumstances who got a sizeable award
Peacelover says
Why does the author say ‘Meanwhile, just keep mindlessly chanting “globalize the Intifada’ ? For sarcasm? In all honesty,I don’t care for how sarcasm is used by so many authors nowadays, including the talented ones. What good does sarcasm do? Most idiots out there won’t get the point anyway or even worse,continue on with their stupid beliefs and possible actions learning nothing in the meantime so the sarcasm is all for nought.
Peacelover says
I may not be very bright myself so who knows?,maybe I won’t always ‘get it’ but I try{but still think the sarcasm is a waste}
somehistory says
When it’s used verbally, it may have a desired effect. But I’m not a fan of it when it’s written for unknown groups or strangers who may not realize it’s sarcasm
Peacelover says
+ yeah,I get that
somehistory says
Although I do use it occasionally.
gravenimage says
Wait–do you think that chanting “globalize the Intifada” is a *good thing*? Why?
Peacelover says
no of course Not,that was my point, Just was wondering why did he put that in his article?
Peacelover says
Thanks for being kind with your question gravenimage and I hope you get now how I did Not mean that ‘chant’ would be a good thing.
somehistory says
The “home sec” mahmood is keeping an American out of the U.K. after her visit was approved.
“Anti-Muslim influencer blocked from Britain over plans to speak at Tommy Robinson rally”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/anti-muslim-influencer-blocked-from-britain-over-plans-to-speak-at-tommy-robinson-rally/ar-AA21kc8U?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69e691bae0484a79a5a55296c1755a90&ei=28
James Lincoln says
No surprise, somehistory.
Mustn’t have a “breach of the peace”.
gravenimage says
Keeping *another* American out of the UK–besides the peaceful Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller.
KK says
Attempted murder pure and simple. The perpetual should face the death penalty but the brits will probably give him a medal for outstanding achievement in personal protesting.
James Lincoln says
A brutal attack.
A lot of times, a fractured spine can be repaired – as long as the spinal cord / nerve roots are not severed.
Wishing Sergeant Kate Evans a full recovery.
gravenimage says
Same, James. A vicious attack.
WPM says
Are UK police still not issued side arms .Someone swung a sledgehammer should be give a few 9mm center mass that should stop him before he harms anyone .From the article there where more then one police officer there .
Wellington says
The greatest lie of our time is that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. But another huge lie in our era is that the Far Right accounts for a great deal of violence. No, it’s the Far Left that does and this particular example of mendacity, no surprise, is propagated by Leftists.
Istanbul_Chick says
All six of these demons were acquitted: https://news.sky.com/story/six-palestine-action-activists-cleared-of-aggravated-burglary-at-israel-linked-defence-firm-13493449
One of the demon’s lawyers, Rajiv Menon KC, grotesquely compared these absolute wastes of oxygen to the suffragettes who were accused of being “a threat to the social order” and “unladylike, feral, aggressive, violent” by MPs and in the mainstream press at the time.
He’s right, but not in the way he thinks. The suffragettes WERE insufferable, wealthy, white, feral, aggressive, and violent harridans who bombed, and assassinated to ensure their hands maintained wealth. These 6 are wealthy, white (with the exception of one wealthy desi harridan), unladylike, unmanly, aggressive, and violent feral harridans and predatory males using shame and violence to raise their leftist social credit scores. The suffragettes were not heroes and neither are these demons.
We simply do not hate these demons and those who enable them enough.
gravenimage says
Palestine Action Thug Hits Policewoman With a Sledgehammer
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This thug should be charged with attempted murder. Who brings a *sledgehammer* to a demonstration?
somehistory says
Are they going to try to ban sledgehammers?
‘Sledgehammer murder spurs ICE manhunt for illegal immigrant suspect”
‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has asked officials in Democratic-run Harris County not to release an illegal immigrant suspect from custody after he allegedly beat a coworker to death with a sledgehammer on a construction site in a suburb of Texas’ largest city, Houston.
This comes as Texas officials feud with the City of Houston over a new policy limiting law enforcement cooperation with ICE. The confrontation mirrors the broader national debate between Democrats and Republicans over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies. Disagreements over immigration enforcement have resulted in an ongoing lapse in funding for the Department of Homeland Security during a partial government shutdown.
Now, Venezuelan national Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice has been charged with the murder of carpenter Juan Antonio Salinas Leija at a north Houston home earlier this month, according to reporting by local outlet KHOU-11. The outlet said Salinas Leija was found dead at a home under renovation with severe wounds consistent with a sledgehammer attack. Chirino-Leonice was later arrested driving the victim’s truck in east Houston.
ICE lodged a detainer — a request to hold — with the Harris County Jail last week. According to DHS, Chirino-Leonice was released into the country under Biden administration in 2023.
“This criminal illegal alien — who never should have been allowed into the country in the first place — is accused of savagely beating a co-worker to death with a sledgehammer and leaving him to die in a house they were renovating together,” said Martinez.
He said ICE officers in Houston are “working tirelessly to restore integrity to our nation’s immigration system to bring an end to the carnage and unnecessary suffering in this country that’s caused by criminal illegal aliens,” adding, “We won’t rest until we’ve accomplished that mission.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sledgehammer-murder-spurs-ice-manhunt-for-illegal-immigrant-suspect/ar-AA21kzqO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=69e70f08f7164ea69e894da6ce3307a4&ei=48
R G says
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The Sex Pistols were right about Anarchy In The UK, just wrong about the years!