to have planned the act before his arrival in Singapore. The "McKoy Banos" slogan has appeared on graffiti found and documented throughout the world, particularly on metro trains. "McKoy Banos" is believed to be the names of two persons who were the graphic artists; but Fricker says they simply copied the name after seeing it elsewhere. Since October 2008, Fricker, aged 32, had been working in Singapore as an IT consultant for Zurich-based Comit AG, specialising in financial industry software. During his time in Singapore, he had spray-painted legally on one of the graffiti walls at Singapore's Youth Park, next to Orchard Road. Before his court trial, he had been freed on bail of SGD 100,000. Lloyd, aged 29, is a British national based in Hong Kong. Fricker said he first met Lloyd in Australia in 1997. On this occasion, Lloyd was in Singapore for three days as a tourist. Police had issued an arrest warrant for Lloyd earlier in June and British media reported that Interpol affiliated countries had been asked to provide information about him. SMRT Corporation reported the incident to police only on 19 May, two days after the breach, because staff thought the brightly coloured graffiti was an advertisement. It was seen by many commuters and even posted on to YouTube; this may have alerted the authorities. SMRT said the graffiti caused about SGD 11,000 (USD 7,900)-worth of damage to two train carriages. Prosecutors did not specify how Fricker was identified, saying only that the evidence came from police investigations. Sentence On 25 June 2010, Fricker pleaded guilty to two charges of vandalism and trespassing in a protected place. A third charge, that he had committed an act of vandalism by cutting the fence of the depot, was taken into consideration. Fricker asked only that he not be given a "punitive custodial sentence", and his lawyer then argued in mitigation: that Fricker had shown genuine remorse and co-operated fully with police investigations; he was "cajoled" by Lloyd into committing the crimes and made a one-off mistake "while inebriated" after drinking several beers; he pursued his passion as purely graphic art; the graffiti had not incited hatred, and left no lasting damage; and he was a model expatriate worker, contributing to Singapore since his arrival in the city in 2008. Fricker was sentenced to five months in jail (three for vandalism and two for trespassing) and three