3 Strokes and 5 Months for Swiss Breakin

[makapaaa]

Sentence to be lightened on appeal???

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Fricker gets 5 months jail & 3 strokes of cane over vandalism charges
By Sona Remesh | Posted: 25 June 2010 1843 hrs
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SINGAPORE : Swiss national Oliver Fricker has been sentenced to five months jail and three strokes of the cane.

The 32-year-old business consultant pleaded guilty to trespassing into the SMRT Changi Depot and spray-painting two train carriages.

A third vandalism charge for cutting the depot's fence was stood down.

Fricker committed the offences between May 16 and 17 with an alleged accomplice, identified as Dane Alexander Lloyd, a Briton who has since left Singapore.

The court was told Lloyd allegedly masterminded the plan, and had corresponded with a spray paint supplier before his arrival in Singapore on May 15.

The next day, the pair looked for a dimly-lit area of fence surrounding the depot and cut a hole in it. They then painted the two carriages nearest to the fence.

The case saw hours of mitigation and repeated delays in court.

Fricker's lawyer said his client had made a one-off mistake, while under the influence of alcohol.

He added the graffiti had not incited hatred, and left no lasting damage.

But the prosecution said Fricker's sentence should act as a general deterrent for the public.

Fricker's lawyer said his client had shown genuine remorse by cooperating fully with police. - CNA /ls

 

[Watchman]

3 Strokes of the feather duster and 5 months Batam Stay.

 

[Rogue Trader]

LOL! The freeclimber Alain robert aka french spiderman should also have receive 5 strokes of rotan for climbing suntech tower one in 2008.

 

[Watchman]

LOL! The freeclimber Alain robert aka french spiderman should also have receive 5 strokes of rotan for climbing suntech tower one in 2008.

Because the Frenchman is more Famous than the Swisscake !

 

[Equalisation]

Bo bian .... because US ang mo kia kena caned also ....

 

[kensington]

This will be the bragging rights of the Swissman. Should give him the maximum strokes and carving out the Rolex's logo on his butt.

 

[Cestbon]

THe swiss will appeal for lighter sentence. Maybe only jail for a month and fine. No canning.

 

[manokie]

Great Job!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now let's watch the Swiss and their European buddies bite back at Sinkieland

 

[singveld]

wow that is so serious
in europe
he would have got very little.

oh, what is the story of his arrest, how did the police catch him?

 

[nickers9]

Because the Frenchman is more Famous than the Swisscake !

Swiss guy is vandalism.

The frenchman is a.....attempt suicide, but not successful.

 

[cass888]

Screw you uneducated ah bengs. Cannot tell the difference between Michael Fay who should get 128 strokes and this artiest?

Fricker is an artist for crying out loud. Give him a break.

Sentence to be lightened on appeal???

http://www.asiaone.com/static/multimedia/gallery/100604_graffitimrt/
Fricker gets 5 months jail & 3 strokes of cane over vandalism charges
By Sona Remesh | Posted: 25 June 2010 1843 hrs
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Oliver Fricker</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD class=update> </TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD><TD><TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cccccc" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=240><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%"><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><TD><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=topic vAlign=top align=left>Related News </TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#cccccc vAlign=top align=left>

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SINGAPORE : Swiss national Oliver Fricker has been sentenced to five months jail and three strokes of the cane.

The 32-year-old business consultant pleaded guilty to trespassing into the SMRT Changi Depot and spray-painting two train carriages.

A third vandalism charge for cutting the depot's fence was stood down.

Fricker committed the offences between May 16 and 17 with an alleged accomplice, identified as Dane Alexander Lloyd, a Briton who has since left Singapore.

The court was told Lloyd allegedly masterminded the plan, and had corresponded with a spray paint supplier before his arrival in Singapore on May 15.

The next day, the pair looked for a dimly-lit area of fence surrounding the depot and cut a hole in it. They then painted the two carriages nearest to the fence.

The case saw hours of mitigation and repeated delays in court.

Fricker's lawyer said his client had made a one-off mistake, while under the influence of alcohol.

He added the graffiti had not incited hatred, and left no lasting damage.

But the prosecution said Fricker's sentence should act as a general deterrent for the public.

Fricker's lawyer said his client had shown genuine remorse by cooperating fully with police. - CNA /ls

 

[Royalblood]

Screw you uneducated ah bengs. Cannot tell the difference between Michael Fay who should get 128 strokes and this artiest?

Fricker is an artist for crying out loud. Give him a break.

Oh wow! Someone one here thinks he/ she is so damn smart and upper ended with his/ her "Fricker is an artist for crying out loud" nonsense. Smart Alec spotted!

I say cass888, grow some brains will you!?

Art is meant to be a private good, not a public good. This fucking Swissfuck sprayed his crap ghetto grafitti on PUBLIC PROPERTY thinking that everyone will love his piece of shit. The thing is, some morons will love the grafitti but some other will not like it all and may even find it vulgar. Hence, in spraying his crap on our train, those who love the grafitti benefit at the expense of those who do not! So, why must people who do not like grafitti suffer the visual torture!?

Wouldn't it be better if he spray those crap only for the appreciative viewer!?


Now take this u fucking moron: :oIo:!

 

[Microsoft]

And how many stroke will whoever frm mrt get for slacking? None i suppose... as usual... they get a raise instead. :oIo:

 

[SneeringTree]

Ouch, harsh!

 

[tua lam pah]

anyway, ask yourselves.... do we actually see him being caned???

 

[besotted]

Prosecution should appeal.

The sentence is patently too light.

How can this be a deterrent?

Has the gravity and the audacity of the crime been carefully considered?

Justice must be served.

 

[myo539]

Screw you uneducated ah bengs. Cannot tell the difference between Michael Fay who should get 128 strokes and this artiest?

Fricker is an artist for crying out loud. Give him a break.

He is an artist alright!

Let the authorities paint a few bold strokes onto his buttocks with the oriental rotan-brush! Let's see how loud he can cry, and give his buttocks a break.

 

[zuoom]

erm, the spraying thing - grafitti would probably take a back seat vs. the cutting of the fence n going into "protected/restricted" area.

the later probably would warrant some sort of physical pain. which would be the caning n time for jail.

dun think there's any more doubt that he would be cane.
just how many this time round. maybe would get a discount like Fay's case.
5 months jail? i was expecting the guy to be given 6. then after discount maybe 3, and he would doat least 1month of actual time.

the equation would probably change in their favour if they done the spray in a public area. and if there was less coverage in the papers on it. now, with the whole Singapore n maybe some Swiss papers covering it. the authorities got a "show" to do. something like those war tactics "shock n awe" concept.

what was the intent of the duo doing what they do? breaking into the MRT depot n spraying? if there's nothing malicious, then personally i think they can be let off with community work. maybe, clean all the trains that SMRT have? i think they did themselves in by the act of cutting the fence n "intrude" into the area. maybe if the spraying was done in a public area, the outcome would be different.

 

[Baroko]

Michael Fay got 6 strokes and 4 months jail for spraying some cars and public lamp posts. The caning was subsequently reduced to 4 strokes after Bill Clinton phoned Pres Ong Teng Cheong.

Why only 3 strokes for for Swiss vandal? Don't forget he also breached the security fence at the depot as well. Michael Fay didn't. Are we succumbing to pressure by the Europeans?

 

[makapaaa]

They Ang Moh FTrash has probably struck a bargain with the Familee that he would be allowed to write a book on his stay in Changi Leesort and the Familee would sponsor him for it! And voila! A rich man after 5 months!