A gang of Australian graffiti artists have just been jailed in the UK. The response by Australians in the Telegraph, one of the Sydney papers pleasantly surprised me.

Here are some of the comments;

If our magistrates (Aust) had delt with them, cahrges would have been dismissed and costs awarded against the arresting police. I would like to see them before a Singapore Court. Jail and a flogging!

Well now you can try your ‘art’ in a shared cell.

Now this is a win-win scenario. The little pests are in jail and the Pommies - not us - are paying their keep.

So, after they finish their sentence in the UK, are they going to be deported to each and every other country they ‘tagged’ and serve sentences there? Please, oh please, let it be!

Good on the Brits for giving them what they deserve - jail time. Sydney’s being ruined by these gutter rats.

Sydney judges please take note.

I bet these little dirty rodents wouldn’t dare scribble their crap in Saudi Arabia.

Only one comment in support…. Why are people so against graffiti. It brightens the place up and has been around as long as people. To consider it vandalism is simplistic.

Well some fairly strong opinions there. To the last comment - I wonder if it were your house being ‘vandalized’ each night if your opinion would be the same!