Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco’s 15-month jail sentence quashed on appeal
by Australian Associated Press and Jordyn Beazley from Environment | The Guardian on (#69TDH)
Coco cried tears of joy in court and said she would continue raising the alarm on the climate emergency
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A 15-month jail sentence imposed on a climate protester who blocked one lane on the Sydney Harbour Bridge with a truck has been quashed.
Deanna Violet" Coco, 32, was issued with a 12-month conditional release order on Wednesday after district court judge Mark Williams heard she had been initially imprisoned on false information provided by the NSW police.
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