PALESTINE rights activists who occupied offices of a firm with links to Israeli war crimes walked free from court today after the prosecution offered no evidence.

Three female volunteers with Palestine Action were charged with criminal damage, aggravated trespass and resisting arrest over their action at the offices of property firm Vine Properties Ltd, trading under the name Fisher German, in Birmingham on July 5 last year.

The company manages the Israeli-owned Elbit UAV Engines weapons factory at Shepstone in Staffordshire.