Graffiti vandal has jail term lengthened
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August 19, 2010, Thursday
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A SINGAPORE judge rejected an appeal by a Swiss graffiti vandal to reduce his five-month jail term and instead added two months to the sentence yesterday.
Justice V K Rajah ruled that Oliver Fricker's initial sentence of two months for trespassing was insufficient and doubled it. He must now serve seven months in total.
Fricker had argued in his appeal that he should serve a three-month sentence for vandalism at the same time as the trespassing sentence, rather than as consecutive terms. Rajah rejected the argument of Fricker's lawyer Derek Kang that the sentence was "crushing and disproportionate."
The 32-year-old Fricker also faces three strokes of a cane for breaking into a train depot with an accomplice and painting graffiti on two subway carriages on May 16. Authorities had postponed the caning until the appeal was decided.
"Their conduct was nothing short of audacious and intemperate," Rajah said.
Justice V K Rajah ruled that Oliver Fricker's initial sentence of two months for trespassing was insufficient and doubled it. He must now serve seven months in total.
Fricker had argued in his appeal that he should serve a three-month sentence for vandalism at the same time as the trespassing sentence, rather than as consecutive terms. Rajah rejected the argument of Fricker's lawyer Derek Kang that the sentence was "crushing and disproportionate."
The 32-year-old Fricker also faces three strokes of a cane for breaking into a train depot with an accomplice and painting graffiti on two subway carriages on May 16. Authorities had postponed the caning until the appeal was decided.
"Their conduct was nothing short of audacious and intemperate," Rajah said.
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