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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Mardi Borg

Protester who climbed onto defence contractor roof 'morally motivated': magistrate

Peace activist Juliet Lamont says she will continue "banging the drum for justice" in Palestine after escaping a criminal conviction over a rooftop protest at a weapons manufacturing business.

The 55-year-old from the Northern Rivers pleaded guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday, August 4, to a single count of trespassing.

Special Magistrate Lucinda Wilson spared Lamont a criminal conviction, placing her on a six-month good-behaviour order instead.

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