An anti-coal activist, who's five-hour protest on a Queensland coal train cost the freight company Aurizon $1.3 million, has fronted court.
Another three trains were cancelled, with the total cost to the freight company, Aurizon, likely to be about $1.3 million, police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Bill Heasley said.Mr Kerlin was charged with obstructing a railway, trespass and obstructing police after he was coaxed from the carriage by officers about 7.45pm on Thursday.
These so called activists are sending the county to Stone Age !
He hates electricity
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