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Fricker arrested in Switzerland
by Ansley Ng Updated 06:37 PM Nov 18, 2010SINGAPORE -
Swiss national Oliver Fricker, released from jail here on Monday after serving time for breaking into a train depot and vandalising an SMRT train, was arrested at Zurich Airport after he had landed.
Swiss police suspect he was involved in several cases of train vandalism in as many as five cantons - or districts - from 2002, causing damage valued at 200,000 Swiss francs ($262,000).
The 32-year-old was picked up by the Swiss police after his plane landed on Tuesday at 7am local time. He is being detained while the police complete their investigation.
According to Mr Marcel Schlatter, a police spokesman at the Zug canton, Fricker will be charged in court today or tomorrow for the alleged offences.
When asked if the Swiss police believed Fricker had allegedly acted alone in these cases, Mr Schlatter told MediaCorp: "We assume there are more of them but so far, it's just him."
Under the Swiss criminal code, the former software consultant faces between one and five years in jail for vandalism.
Fricker also has a previous conviction in 2001 for property damage, Mr Schlatter added.
Mr Schlatter could not comment if Fricker had been deported from Singapore, or if he knew he was a wanted man in Switzerland.
In May, Fricker - together with alleged accomplice Dane Alexandra Lloyd, who is still at large - had cut through a fence surrounding the protected place at Tanah Merah and spray-painted graffiti on two train carriages. He was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane, but was released from jail less than five months later, after he received a one-third remission for good behaviour.
On Monday, Fricker left Changi Prison Complex and was taken to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority building in Lavender for repatriation procedures.
Fricker arrested in Switzerland
Swiss national Oliver Fricker, released from jail here on Monday after serving time for breaking into a train depot and vandalising an SMRT train, was arrested at Zurich Airport after he had landed.
Swiss police suspect he was involved in several cases of train vandalism in as many as five cantons - or districts - from 2002, causing damage valued at 200,000 Swiss francs ($262,000).
The 32-year-old was picked up by the Swiss police after his plane landed on Tuesday at 7am local time. He is being detained while the police complete their investigation.
According to Mr Marcel Schlatter, a police spokesman at the Zug canton, Fricker will be charged in court today or tomorrow for the alleged offences.
When asked if the Swiss police believed Fricker had allegedly acted alone in these cases, Mr Schlatter told MediaCorp: "We assume there are more of them but so far, it's just him."
Under the Swiss criminal code, the former software consultant faces between one and five years in jail for vandalism.
Fricker also has a previous conviction in 2001 for property damage, Mr Schlatter added.
Mr Schlatter could not comment if Fricker had been deported from Singapore, or if he knew he was a wanted man in Switzerland.
In May, Fricker - together with alleged accomplice Dane Alexandra Lloyd, who is still at large - had cut through a fence surrounding the protected place at Tanah Merah and spray-painted graffiti on two train carriages. He was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment and three strokes of the cane, but was released from jail less than five months later, after he received a one-third remission for good behaviour.
On Monday, Fricker left Changi Prison Complex and was taken to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority building in Lavender for repatriation procedures.
