2010 Singapore train depot trespass and vandalism case

Oliver Fricker
Born
Switzerland
OccupationIT consultant
Criminal chargeVandalism
Trespassing
Penalty

In June 2010, Swiss national Oliver Fricker was sentenced to five months in prison and three strokes of the cane under the Singapore Vandalism Act and Protected Areas and Protected Places Act.

Fricker pleaded guilty to cutting through the fence of an SMRT Changi train depot with an accomplice and spray painting two MRT train cars with the words "McKoy Banos", a widely documented signature of graffiti artists who have vandalised trains around the world.[1][2] Fricker was arrested on 25 May, two days before he was to leave for a new job in Switzerland. An arrest warrant was also issued for his British accomplice, Dane Alexander Lloyd.[3]

  1. ^ "Graffiti man faces Singapore caning". BBC News. 25 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Singapore sentences Swiss to caning for graffiti". The Associated Press. 27 June 2010. Archived from the original on June 28, 2010.
  3. ^ Hyslop, Leah (23 June 2010). "Manhunt launched for Briton suspected of vandalising train". The Daily Telegraph. London. Agence France-Presse.