A climate protester who blocked a lane of traffic onHarbour Bridge has been sentenced to 15 months in prison with a non-parole period of eight months, with human rights advocates labelling the punishment “disproportionate”.
Coco had pleaded guilty to seven charges including using or modifying an authorised explosive not as prescribed and resisting a police offer during arrest. She was also fined $2,500. Coco was granted bail after her initial arrest and, according to her lawyer Mark Davis, she had complied with all bail requirements since.“It is just extraordinary to me,” Davis said. “You always get appeals bail unless you’re a violent offender and you haven’t abided by the terms of your bail. In the months she had been on bail she had done everything – always attended court.”
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup“This is totally disproportionate, it’s done to deter other protesters, in effect it’s sending a message,” Davis said on Friday.with larger fines and up to two years in jail. The move followed a series of climate protests that disrupted activity at key resource export ports.Human Rights Watch’s Australia researcher, Sophie McNeill, said Coco’s sentence was “incredibly alarming”.
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The luls
wow.. cant say im shocked by all the ignorance, hate and nastiness here.. you humans are disgusting and will be bring upon your own demise
Good for spreading lies
good decision
Fuck around and find out. This is good news.
Good
How long was jail term for casino employees that illegally exchanged millions of $ at Australian casinos that were/could have been terrorist/drug/illicit money. On video. Shown all over the world. Documented at multiple sites/times.2 years to repent-carry on. Not 1 day closed!
Good
Doesn’t matter what your cause, nothing justifies throwing away the rule of law.
If people think that was an inconvenience what are they gonna make of this
AlboMP - standing up for the environment and bringing attention to this should not be a crime. We have to disrupt society to get attention on these urgent issues. These people are bloody hero’s not criminals
The government are the real climate criminals.
Yet a certain rapist goes free.
Good outcome.
More likely in the need of mental help.
Merry Christmas
Finally justice system works
NSW competing with Iran and China!
Next time she should rape someone. Should earn a suspended sentence.
This is what fascism looks like.
So how many ppl did she illegally detain for that 25 mins? 15 months seems a pretty light sentence for illegally detaining multiple ppl.
And yet a rapist walks free
Absolute bullshit.
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