Adobe StockSeven people charged with damaging property at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire have been accused of doing so with a “terrorist connection”.
Graffiti was sprayed on US President Donald Trump’s hotel and golf resort in March last year, while damage was also caused to the greens.
The words “Gaza is not for sale” were painted on the lawn during the incident, with red paint also sprayed on the clubhouse
Police were called to the Trump Turnberry course on Maidens Road, Turnberry, South Ayrshire, at about 4.40am on March 8, 2025.
The seven people had been due to appear at the High Court in Glasgow for a preliminary hearing on Monday, but this has now been moved to October following an order granted by the court.
Kieran Robson, 35, Uzma Bashir, 56, Ricky Southall, 34, Autumn Taylor Ward, 22, Rebecca Sian Davies, 29, John Moxley, 58, and Dylan Chiaramello, 24, have all been charged in relation to the incident.
A copy of the indictment, seen by the Press Association, says the defendants “did maliciously damage property” at the site.
It accuses them of digging up turf at the golf courses, spraying glyphosate (weed killers) on the fairways and greens, and spraying a building and signpost with paint.
The indictment says they did “paint political and offensive slogans on the grass, score a political slogan into the turf, paint political and offensive slogans on a building, walls and pillars, damage a sprinkler system causing flooding, and damage a light”.
It then says that it will be proved that the offence “was aggravated by reason of having a terrorist connection”.
Three members of the group – Robson, Bashir and Davies – are also accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by driving to and from Trump Turnberry in vehicles with false registration numbers.
The Crown Office have said they will not comment on a live case.
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