Deanna “Violet” Coco was sent to prison for a minimum of eight months last year after pleading guilty to seven charges, including using an authorised explosive not as prescribed, possessing a bright ...

A magistrate has dubbed a protester who blocked the Sydney Harbour Bridge as “childish” and “selfish” before sentencing her to prison. Magistrate Allison Hawkins sent Deanna “Violet” Coco to prison ...

Climate change activist Deanna “Violet” Coco, who was handed a 15-month prison sentence last year for briefly blocking one lane of traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, has had her sentence overturned ...

The 31-year-old was the first person to be imprisoned after the state government introduced harsher penalties for protesters amid a string of demonstrations earlier this year that interrupted Sydney.

A climate change activist released on bail pending an appeal of her jail sentence for disrupting traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge is not allowed to go within one kilometre of the landmark, in a ...

A climate activist jailed for a Sydney Harbour Bridge protest has broken down in court after her sentence was overturned. Deanna “Violet” Coco was sent to prison for a minimum of eight months last ...