More Prison Time for West Gate Climate Protesters

A woman had to give birth on the side of the road after an ambulance could not reach her due to lanes being blocked by the climate protesters.
More Prison Time for West Gate Climate Protesters
A woman holds a sign that reads "climate emergency" in a climate change protest in Australia on Jan. 17, 2020. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
AAP
By AAP
Updated:
0:00

Two climate protesters who drove a truck onto the West Gate Bridge in peak hour traffic and forced a woman to give birth on the side of the road have had their prison sentences increased.

Deanna “Violet” Coco, 33, and Bradley Homewood, 51, faced the County Court in Melbourne on March 19 where they appealed their 21-day prison sentences for causing traffic chaos on March 5.