KUALA LUMPUR: A German man was fined RM2,000 in default of two-months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court here today after he pleaded guilty to vandalising a Light Rail Transit (LRT) pillar here, last week.
Simon Bethle, 31, a chief operations officer of a film production company, pleaded guilty after the charge was read to him in English before magistrate Wong Chai Sia.
He was charged with committing mischief by painting graffiti on one of the pillars of the Universiti LRT station here, at 1am on Dec 10.
The offence, under Section 427 of the Penal Code, carries a penalty of up to five years’ imprisonment, or a fine, or both.
Deputy public prosecutor Wan Ahmad Hakimi Wan Ahmad Jaafar urged the court to mete out an appropriate punishment to serve as a lesson.
However, Bethle, who was unrepresented, appealed for a light sentence.
“I apologise for my actions and take full responsibility for the offence,” he said. – Bernama