Judge spares four Palestine Action members jail after they took hammers to a Barclays bank while a security guard was trapped inside

Judge Altham suspended every sentence on the basis that the four had 'now understood' that sincerity 'does not provide a licence' to break the law, even though organiser Hmeera Atiqnisar, 31, and Brendon O'Hagan, 28, told the trial they hid their faces precisely so they could stage similar attacks in future.

Category 1A: Judge Altham ranked it the most serious form of criminal damage, citing planning and premeditation.

'Protest is not the same as revenge,' said Judge Altham, rejecting the prosecution's claim of a vengeful motive.

Driver Alma Yaniv, 70, drove round a police van and jumped two red lights; no driving offences charged.