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This website showcases graffiti photos from Scotland (especially Glasgow and Edinburgh graffiti), and anywhere else I can get to. So far that includes Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bristol, Brussels, London, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Seville and Warsaw. There are also photos other people have sent in, including graffiti from Holland, Canada, Australia and more. I also put some other photos that aren't related to graffiti on here occasionally.
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The Battle of Waterloo

Posted on 31 May 2:12 PM

Chrome and Black are organising a UK graff crew battle, "The Battle of Waterloo" with a £500 cash prize. It'll be held on Sunday 22nd August. To get involved you have until 15th July to send them production photos. More details on their blog.

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Amuk KYS jailed for 18 months

Posted on 16 May 2:24 PM

Recently Amuk KYS, aka Thomas Stanley, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after a three day jury trial at Maidstone Crown Court. This was for 12 charges of graffiti on trains.

Some news articles:

• This is Wiltshire: Railway graffiti vandal jailed for 18 months
• Kent Online: Graffiti vandal jailed for causing £52,000 damage to trains in Kent
• BTP: Graffiti vandal who struck in Kent, Surrey, Wiltshire and Manchester jailed for 18 months
• Rail News: Rail graffiti vandal jailed for 18 months
• And a more recent supportive article in This is Kent: Outrage over graffiti artist's sentence

Confusingly the news articles give his age as variously 20, 24 and 25.

There are a couple of support groups setup already, on Facebook (Support Tom Stanley) and Flickr (Free Amuk). The description on the Flickr group I think sums up what's wrong with this lengthy sentence:

"As a first offence and with no previous criminal record, I believe the length of sentence was unjustified and his case is one of many recent examples of the criminal justice system giving out harsh sentences in an attempt to discourage further activity among graffiti writers."

For twelve offences causing £52,000 of damage, the average cost must have been £4,333 - which seems a bit of an excessive estimate, as is typical with this sort of court case.

The judge, Andrew Patience QC, has previously sentenced a plastic surgeon to 12 months for nearly killing a woman while drink driving his Bentley, a woman who fraudulently claimed £43,000 in benefits to a 1 year suspended sentence and 300 hours community service, a paedophile to 15 months for downloading child abuse photos, a woman who glassed her boyfriend in the face to 15 months, a man who stabbed his wife to 9 months suspended, and a police officer who downloaded child porn freed after 6 months.

Some more links of support for Amuk worth checking out:

• Black Milk - Free AMUK
• Sweatbox_Sounds - Free AMUK
• Kentish Gazette: Facebook campaign swells for jailed Kent award-winning graffiti artist

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London graffiti photos

Posted on 27 Sep 9:02 PM
Another update, 20 graffiti photos from various spots in London, including Tufnell Park.

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London update

Posted on 20 Sep 8:36 PM
Slightly over a week since my last update. Here's 20 photos from the South Bank and various other locations.

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London update

Posted on 09 Sep 10:38 PM
If it's Wednesday, it must be time for another update. 20 photos added, mostly from the South Bank, and a few from Brixton and Brick Lane.

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