Swiss graffiti case postponed
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Jun 24, 2010 - Straits Times
Swiss graffiti case postponed
by Elena Chong
THE MRT spray-painting case against Swiss national Oliver Fricker has been postponed to Friday.
The 32-year-old business consultant arrived in the Subordinate Courts on Thursday with his lawyer Derek Kang at about 4.40pm, and was mobbed by more than 20 cameramen and film crew from various news and wire agencies staking outside.
The case was originally fixed in the afternoon for him to take a certain course.
After the prosecution and defence had seen the judge in chambers for five minutes, they left the packed courtroom.
Fricker, who is out on $100,000 bail, faces two vandalism charges and one of entering a protected place with Briton Dane Alexander Lloyd, who is at large.
He is said to have cut the fence of the MRT Changi depot between May 16 and 17; entered a protected place without a pass or permit; and spray-painted two carriages of a train belonging to SMRT.
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too many paparazzis?
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Havent discussed on how to charge him?
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It'll drag until everyone forgets about it, then the swiss goes home.
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may be they caught his partner.
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Fricker pleads guilty
Posted: 25 June 2010 1144 hrsSINGAPORE: Swiss national Oliver Fricker pleaded guilty to trespassing into the SMRT Changi Depot and spray painting two train carriages.
A third charge which accused him of committing vandalism by cutting the depot's fence was stood down.
Fricker committed the offences between May 16 and 17 with an alleged accomplice, identified as Dane Alexander Lloyd, a Briton who has since left Singapore.
He will be sentenced later.
For each vandalism charge, Fricker could be sentenced to three years' jail, fined a maximum of S$2,000 and receive at least three strokes of the cane.
And for entering a protected place, he could be sentenced to a maximum of two years' jail and fined up to S$1,000. - CNA/jy