article_snippet: Andreas Von Knorre arrives at court in a police car last year prior to Andreas Von Knorre sentencing yesterday to three strokes of the cane for spray-painting a metro train in the city-state notorious for its hardline rules on vandalism . '
article_snippet: The imprisonment sentence in this case will be a total of nine months... and the mandatory minimum of three strokes of the cane for spray-painting a metro train in the city-state notorious for its hardline rules on vandalism,' District Judge Liew Thiam Leng said. '
article_snippet: The men were sentenced to four months in jail for breaking into a suburban train depot operated by state-linked SMRT in November 2014 and five months and three strokes of the cane for spray-painting a metro train in the city-state notorious for its hardline rules on vandalism for vandalising a carriage with spray paint.
article_snippet: In the wee hours of November 8, the duo again sneaked into the depot where the duo proceeded to spray paint graffiti measuring 1.8 metres (1.97 yards) in height and 10 metres in length on a train carriage.
article_snippet: Koh added that a 'self-timed' photograph the two men had taken in front of the train before vandalising it 'was meant to serve as a trophy to gain notoriety'.
article_snippet: The total cleaning cost incurred by state-linked metro operator due to the vandalism was Sg$13,650 ($9,970), according to court documents.
article_snippet: its vandalism laws became global news in 1994 when an American teenager, Michael Fay, was caned for damaging cars and public property despite an appeal for clemency from the punishment by then President Bill Clinton.
article_snippet: In 2010 Swiss expatriate Oliver Fricker was sentenced to seven months in jail and three strokes of the cane after Swiss expatriate Oliver Fricker used spray paint to vandalise a train at a depot.
highlights_snippet: The pair broke into a suburban depot and spray painted a train carriage .
  