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Daily Mirror
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Brendan McFadden

American tourists facing jail after spray-painting shop-fronts in Thailand

Two American tourists who have been arrested after spray-painting graffiti on vehicles and walls in Thailand are facing three years in jail.

CCTV footage shows Sell Ternberg, 28, Nicole Gollen, 24,  and an unidentified man walking in the streets and vandalising properties last Wednesday, May 29.

In the footage Gollen is seen spraying graffiti on a wall before a man in a cap takes pictures of it.

One of the men is also seen climbing up onto a shutter.

One of the men is also seen climbing up onto a shutter (Newsflare)

The pair were arrested last night (June 5) in the coastal city of Pattaya which is about 90 miles from Bangkok and are facing charges of damaging public and private property.

The maximum jail term for criminal damage is three years in prison.

The pair admitted spraying graffiti and apologised for their actions

Mr Ternberg said in an interview on Thai tv: ''We’d like to apologise to Thai people. And I hope this could warn other tourists not to repeat the action because they would be arrested by Thai police.''

The tourists sprayed resident’s pickup truck with the phrase ''Mind the gent Youngrektum 2019'', Newsflare reports

Footage shows the trio stopped in front of a shop before they began vandalising properties around 1 am (Newsflare)


A spokesman for Thai police said three vandals face will have to pay more than £1,000 in fines.

The unidentified man is expected to escape punishment having already left the country.

A spokesman for Thai police said the vandals face will have to pay more than £1,000 in fines (Newsflare)


The spokesman said: ''Officers of Immigration Bureau were already informed about the case. After they face the legal action, their visas will be revoked and they will be blacklisted as persona non grata and deported.''

In November last year, Lee Furlong, 23, from Liverpool was deported from Thailand after he was caught on CCTV spraying graffiti on an ancient fortress.

Furlong, who daubed "Scouse Lee" on the 800-year-old Tha Phae Gate, also ordered to pay a £2,400 fine, which was paid by his friends and family.

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