Eric Serge Herbert: Climate activist jailed in Newcastle NSW by Janine Lacy
Climate activist who jumped on top of a coal train is JAILED for 12 months after screaming he was 'happy to receive death' Eric Serge Herbert is jailed for jumping on a coal train in Newcastle NSW The 22-year-old climate activist was sentenced to 12 months' jail Screamed 'I'm happy to receive death' at a previous protest outside Parliament
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A young climate activist who climbed atop a train in co-ordinated protest action to disrupt Newcastle's coal industry has been jailed for 12 months.
Eric Serge Herbert, 22, pleaded guilty to obstructing a rail locomotive, attempting to hinder the working of mining equipment and attempting to assist in the obstruction of a rail locomotive.
Newcastle magistrate Janine Lacy on Monday sentenced the Sunshine Coast man to 12 months' jail, with a non-parole period of six months.
She indicated sentences of five months for the railway offences and six months for the mining hindrance, all committed in the past two weeks.
Climate activist Eric Serge Herbert (pictured) has been sentenced to a year in jail
