Graffiti gang who caused £77,000 worth of damage to trains branded 'common vandals'

[swt_passenger]

When did spray paint cans becaome universally available?

I was using them routinely for car repairs in the early seventies.

 

[falcon]

When did spray paint cans becaome universally available?

You might have a point there. Spray paint was available well before the 80's.

But If one were to look at the cost and how cheap spray paint had become along with the possibility that far more colours became available by the 80's that could have something to do with it.

 

[AlterEgo]

Agreed, I was equally suprised in Italy recently by how tatty the stations/trains looked due to graffiti. Keep it to underpasses where no-one cares, nothing wrong with the art of graffiti in itself, but just not on (valuable) property!

People should not graffiti any property that is not theirs without permission regardless of how valuable they think it is.

Graffiti is a scourge, encourages deprivation and crime, and is a visible sign of lawlessness and disrespect for private property.

 

[Indigo Soup]

Personally I would just give them community service, make them clean it off and make sure they were seen to be cleaning off the damage.

The approach seems obvious: community service of a length proportionate to the damage caused. £77,000 of damage, minimum wage of £7.83, so just under ten thousand hours of community service between the five (in this case) - or about 2,000 hours each.

 

[baz962]

The approach seems obvious: community service of a length proportionate to the damage caused. £77,000 of damage, minimum wage of £7.83, so just under ten thousand hours of community service between the five (in this case) - or about 2,000 hours each.

I like that idea.

 

[crosscity]

Why in 1975 could one ride a train into London Kings Cross and not see ANY of this graffiti.There was not one mark on the brick walls around Finsbury Park. (This applies to just about all other areas on the railway).

..... except for 'KROPOTKIN LIVES' between the two south end tunnel mouths at Welwyn North. This was so unusual and well-placed I took a picture of it from a Leeds express.