9 months’ jail and three strokes’ caning for train vandals
SINGAPORE — The two Germans who trespassed into Bishan Depot last November and vandalised an SMRT train have been sentenced to nine months’ jail and three strokes’ caning each.
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SINGAPORE — The two Germans who trespassed into Bishan Depot last November and vandalised an SMRT train have been sentenced to nine months’ jail and three strokes’ caning each.
Andreas Von Knorres, 22, and Elton Hinz, 21, were found guilty of vandalising the train in the wee hours of the morning on Nov 8 last year. They were also convicted of unauthorised entry to the depot on Nov 7 and Nov 8 last year.
The duo were reportedly arrested at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Nov 14 last year, with the help of Malaysian police, and have been in remand in Singapore since Nov 22.
The court heard that the pair committed the offences during their first visit to the Republic.
District Judge Liew Thiam Leng said that their sentence will be backdated to Nov 22.
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