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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

Court throws out ‘inappropriate’ bail conditions on student arrested after Sydney protest at Reserve Bank

Cherish Kuehlmann sitting outside on a bench
A magistrate has removed bail conditions imposed on Cherish Kuehlmann (pictured), who was charged with trespass after a Sydney protest outside the RBA over the housing crisis. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

A magistrate has thrown out “inappropriate” bail conditions imposed on a 23-year-old student activist who was the subject of a midnight arrest by police following a protest outside the Reserve Bank in Sydney last month.

In Downing Centre local court on Wednesday, lawyers for Cherish Kuehlmann, a student at the University of NSW charged with a single count of trespass after a 30-person protest in Sydney’s CBD last month, successfully argued for the removal of strict bail conditions preventing her from being within 2km of Sydney’s Town Hall.

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