Vandal jailed for 20 months for £73,000 graffiti spree at stations including Hainault and Upminster

Maksymillian Knapik, 25, was sentenced to 20 onths' imprisonment. Photo: BTP Archant

A man has been sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment for causing £73,000 of criminal damage to trains and railways across London.

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Maksymillian Knapik, 25, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Blackfriars Crown Court on May 15, and was also given a five year criminal behaviour order.

Between February and July last year, Knapik damaged a number of trains and railway infrastructure on the London Underground and National Rail, including at Hainault Tube station in Redbridge and Upminster station in Havering.

He also targeted trains held at Acton Depot, where some historic underground carriages are kept for London Transport’s heritage museum.

For many of the offences he dressed in hi-visibility clothing and wore a white hard hat to bluff his way into the area.

While committing an offence at Ealing Common depot, Knapik dropped his tabard and hard hat and traces of his DNA were found on the helmet.

Knapik was arrested on May 17 2016 when a security guard at Ealing Common depot noticed fresh graffiti on a train and saw Knapik running away.

British Transport Police officers attended and arrested him.