On #Channel4News it was reported that during the #Filton24 trial

A note was passed from the jury to the judge asking if the defendants thought they were genuinely saving lives they could be found not guilty of criminal damage

The judge said no, and the case must be judged on the evidence alone

But when Starmer defended some people who damaged an Indonesia aircraft that was being used to bomb East Timor, that was precisely the argument he used.