Singapore - A Singapore court sentenced two Germans to nine months in prison and three strokes of the cane on Thursday after they pleaded guilty to breaking into a depot and spray-painting graffiti on a commuter train carriage.
Andreas Von Knorre, aged 22, and Elton Hinz, aged 21, both expressed remorse while being sentenced in the state courts of the island republic.
"This is the darkest episode of my entire life," said Von Knorre. "I want to apologise to the state of Singapore for the stupid act. I've learned my lesson and will never do it again."