Graffiti teen sentenced to curfew

12:28pm Sunday 24th May 2009 By Naomi Loomes »

A TEENAGE graffiti vandal who went on a city centre tagging spree has been given a suspended sentence.

R****** O’K*****, 18, was found guilty of spraying ‘Kona’ and other slogans on buildings across Brighton and Hove.

Cars, electrical boxes, bins, lamp-posts, garages, parking meters and CCTV posts were also targeted.

Police said the damage was worth £5,000. O’K***** was charged with a total of 63 counts of criminal damage.

At Brighton Magistrates’ Court, O’K*****, of Hendon Street, Brighton, was given a two-month suspended sentence, a 12-month supervision order and a four-month curfew ordering him to stay indoors between 7pm and 7am