Warrior Princess claims 'victory' in Arctic protest

Protest: Lucy Lawless aboard the Noble Discoverer in February last year

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Josh Lewis

 07 February 2013 04:31 GMT

Lucy Lawless, best known for her title role in the TV series ‘Xena: Warrior Princess’, has been fined along with several other Greenpeace activists who boarded the drillship Noble Discoverer last year.

Lawless and seven other activists were each ordered to pay NZ$651.44 (US$544.61) and carryout 120 hours of community service after pleading guilty to trespass charges.

The group boarded the vessel in New Zealand’s Port of Taranaki in February last year and spent 77 hours on top of the 50-metre derrick to protest Shell’s drilling campaign in the Arctic.

On Thursday Lawless declared the modest sentence a "great victory" after Judge Allan Roberts declined to order the activists pay NZ$650,000 in costs sought by Shell in relation to the protest.

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