Two Greenpeace activists have received nine-month suspended sentences for destroying a genetically modified wheat crop with whipper snippers at the CSIRO in Canberra. Jessa Latona, 36, and Heather McCabe, 49, destroyed the crop in July last year. Greenpeace then sought publicity for their actions by contacting the ABC and releasing vision of the protest. The CSIRO had permission to conduct the GM wheat trials. [...] Greenpeace has since paid more than $280,000 in compensation to the CSIRO. Justice Hillary Penfold told the ACT Supreme Court this morning that she appreciated the actions were motivated by deeply held beliefs and altruistic intentions, but the law had been deliberately broken.