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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Anna Falkenmire

'Fear and desperation': climate protesters sentenced for holding up coal trains

Climate activist Claudia Ellen Hannigan was sentenced to good behaviour in Newcastle Local Court after stopping a coal train. Picture supplied

CLIMATE protesters who held up coal trains in the Newcastle area have fronted court for sentencing.

Newcastle Local Court on Monday heard five co-offenders connected to the Rising Tide movement and one young woman with Blockade Australia acted out of the genuine beliefs they held about climate change.

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