Judgment day: A combo photograph showing Von Knorre (left) and Hinz arriving at the state court in Singapore before their sentencing. — AFP
SINGAPORE: A Singapore court sentenced two young German men to nine months in prison and three strokes of the cane for spray-painting a metro train in the city-state, which enforces hardline rules on vandalism.
Andreas Von Knorre, 22, and Elton Hinz, 21, were sentenced after pleading guilty to vandalism and trespassing. Both asked for mercy before sentencing and called their acts a “stupid mistake”.
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