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 ...

And now one of them plans to seek compensation after spending 13 days in prison over the debacle. Deanna “Violet” Coco, 32, and Alan Glover, 51, were met with more than 100 supporters who marched ...

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 ...

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 ...

Magistrate Allison Hawkins sent Deanna “Violet” Coco to prison for a minimum of eight months after she pleaded guilty to seven charges, including using an authorised explosive not as prescribed, ...

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.