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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Australian Associated Press and Nino Bucci

Magistrate commends activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco for ‘noble’ beliefs but says she went too far

Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco with trees in background
Environmental activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco admitted to spray painting Woodside’s logo on Perth police headquarters. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

A magistrate has commended high-profile New South Wales environmental activist Deanna “Violet” Coco but said she had gone “too far” by defacing a Perth police station.

Coco, 32, was convicted and fined $200 after she admitted spray painting four yellow Woodside Energy logos on the front windows of the Perth police centre a day earlier.

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