{
  "id": 3947669,
  "title": "Prosecutors say seven charged with damaging Trump Scottish golf course had 'terrorism connection'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/prosecutors-say-seven-charged-with-damaging-trump-scottish-golf",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T11:26:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/international/article-906897"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Seven protesters were charged with damaging US President Donald Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland last year, prosecutors say. They face potential longer sentences if convicted due to what authorities describe as a \"terrorist connection\". The group Palestine Action, now banned in Britain, sprayed graffiti with slogans like \"Free Gaza\" and \"Free Palestine\" on the course. The indictment claims the seven accused maliciously dug up turf, sprayed weedkiller, and painted offensive messages. Prosecutors will seek harsher penalties because of the alleged terrorist connection. Palestine Action was proscribed under terrorism laws in Britain in July last year, and the US designated it a terrorist group this week. Human rights groups and supporters have criticized the ban as disproportionate. If convicted, the defendants could face tougher sentences under terror laws, according to a spokesperson for Defend Our Juries.",
  "summary": "Activists from the now-banned group Palestine Action were charged last year with criminal damage for spray-painting walls at the course with the slogans \"Free Gaza\" and \"Free Palestine.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Prosecutors say seven charged with damaging Trump Scottish golf course had 'terrorism connection'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/prosecutors-say-seven-charged-with-damaging-trump-scottish-golf-3947736",
        "published": "2026-08-28T10:46:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Alleged vandalism on Trump golf course linked to terrorism, Scottish prosecutors say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/alleged-vandalism-on-trump-golf-course-linked-to-terrorism-scottish",
        "published": "2026-08-28T10:58:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Prosecutors say activists who damaged Trump Scottish golf course had ‘terrorism connection’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/prosecutors-say-activists-who-damaged-trump-scottish-golf-course-had",
        "published": "2026-08-28T11:14:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}