00:00Three women deny causing nearly £6,800 of damage during a protest at Pearson Engineering on Newcastle's Scotswood Road.
00:09Newcastle Crown Court heard that two women climbed onto the gatehouse roof at the Armstrong Works site in February this
00:17year,
00:17while a third tried to chain herself to a truck.
00:20Red paint was sprayed and parts of a sign and razor wire were damaged.
00:24Two men also sprayed paint before fleeing, the court was told.
00:28The company's head of security said the firm makes military equipment under strict UK export controls and has not supplied
00:36Israel.
00:37Defence lawyers questioned the suggested clean-up costs and ownership links.
00:42The trial continues.
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