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Two serial climate protesters whoblocked the West Gate Bridge— delaying 16 emergency responses — have been handed extra jail time after a bid to have their sentences slashed backfired.Extinction Rebellion protestersDeanna “Violet” Coco, 33,and her partnerBradley Homewood, 51,were jailed for three weeks after they used a truck to block three city-bound lanes of the bridge during morning peak hour on March 5.
The pair at the County Court on Tuesday argued they should be released on community sentences, but Judge David Sexton instead ordered they serve two months behind bars.
“The fact is that each of you deliberately, flagrantly broke the law and committed crimes of some significance,” he said.
“Whilst you may have been well intentioned or motivated having regard to your strongly held beliefs regarding the impacts of climate change, the methodology you each employed to make your points causing a significant risk and disruption to the lives of others.
“Your sustained obstruction of emergency workers was not appropriate and must be denounced.
“A message must be sent to like minded people not to engage in this type of illegality.”
Dozens of climate activists — who had earlier cheered when Homewood made a heart symbol gesture as he appeared via video link from custody — packed the courtroom for the appeal hearing.
Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions had also appealed their sentences, arguing it was too lenient given the harm they had caused.
