ANOTHER interstate graffiti vandal has escaped jail after breaking into the pages of Melbourne train with 15 cans of spray paint, in disguise and a video camera.
Derek Allen, 22, who sat silently in the dock during yesterday's court hearing, was full of bravado on leaving court, declaring himself a hero. "You should be publicising me as a hero. We're all heroes," he said of graffiti vandals. "We want to have our say." When asked if he planned to keep vandalising trains, Allen said: "I probably shouldn't say that." Earlier this month, three NSW graffiti vandals walked free from Melbourne Magistrates' Court after admitting to a wave of train vandalism attacks. The trio, who caused thousands of dollars in damage to Melbourne trains, were placed on community-based orders.
Allen, also from Sydney, used bolt cutters to break into the Carrum sidings -- a train holding yard in Melbourne's outer southeast -- where he planned to plaster the exteriors of trains with anti-nuclear slogans. But his scheme was thwarted when two Connex guards spotted him boarding a stationary train carriage about 7am on Saturday.
ANOTHER interstate graffiti vandal has escaped jail after breaking into the pages of Melbourne train with 15 cans of spray paint, in disguise and a video camera.
Derek Allen, 22, who sat silently in the dock during yesterday's court hearing, was full of bravado on leaving court, declaring himself a hero. "You should be publicising me as a hero. We're all heroes," he said of graffiti vandals. "We want to have our say." When asked if he planned to keep vandalising trains, Allen said: "I probably shouldn't say that." Earlier this month, three NSW graffiti vandals walked free from Melbourne Magistrates' Court after admitting to a wave of train vandalism attacks. The trio, who caused thousands of dollars in damage to Melbourne trains, were placed on community-based orders.
Allen, also from Sydney, used bolt cutters to break into the Carrum sidings -- a train holding yard in Melbourne's outer southeast -- where he planned to plaster the exteriors of trains with anti-nuclear slogans. But his scheme was thwarted when two Connex guards spotted him boarding a stationary train carriage about 7am on Saturday.
