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SWISS IT consultant Oliver Fricker, 32, was sentenced to five
months jail and three strokes of the cane on Friday for breaking
into a protected place and vandalising an SMRT train by
spray-painting two of its carriages
He had earlier in the day pleaded guilty to committing the
offences at MRT Changi depot between May 16 and 17 with his friend,
Dane Alexander Lloyd, who has skipped town.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Sharon Lim said the pair came to know
each other in Australia about three years ago, and had been keeping
in touch occasionally through e-mail. Earlier this year, the
29-year-old Briton told Fricker he would be coming here for a
visit.
At the end of March, Lloyd e-mailed Mr Arman Alluwie, who sells
spray paint in Singapore, to enquire if Ironlak spray paint was
available here. He later ordered 11 cans from Mr Arman and
requested that they be delivered on May 16.
That evening, the pair proceeded to SMRT Changi depot to
reconnoiter the area and left shortly after because of the rain.
Late that evening, both men, each carrying a small bag holding a
few cans of spray paint, entered the depot after cutting a hole in
the fence.
Fricker sprayed the word McKoy on the left of the train
carriage. The other word Banos was spray-painted on the right.
Lloyd took some photographs of their work before they left through
the gap.
Fricker was arrested on May 25. The court heard that SMRT's
estimated losses totalled about $11,000.
Posted at 7:07pm
3 strokes not enough for him. GIVE HIM MORE!!!
