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| The Fat Lady Sings. |
| 2004-01-30 |
| TWO peace activists who painted No War on the Sydney Opera House were today sentenced to nine months periodic detention. Yay! David Burgess, 33, and Will Saunders, 42, were convicted late last year of malicious damage after painting No War on the tallest sail of the Opera House on March 18, 2003. NSW District Court Judge Anthony Blackmore today sentenced the pair to nine months weekend jail and ordered they jointly pay $111,000 compensation to the Sydney Opera House Trust. Weekend jail? Is that nine months of weekends, or weekends for only nine months? Earlier in today’s proceedings the pair handed over a cheque for $40,000 to the trust. I smell a new fund-raising idea. Fonely we could get someone to paint the Met... |
| Posted by:growler |
| #4 During the week they make money to pay for the damage, during the weekend they rest from their labours with 3 hots and a cot (at state expense). I wonder if the govt charges room and board, or do these guys get perdiem. Just wondering.... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-1-30 7:22:22 PM |
| #3 I would have made these guys clean up all the graffiti in Redfern. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-30 4:28:58 PM |
| #2 It's not Bin... but this has a quality all it's own. Yes indeedy do. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-30 3:50:18 PM |
| #1 Rats! I see the title, think Binny's been arrested, and get set to ululate. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-1-30 3:08:09 PM |