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Two American tourists who have been arrested after spray-painting graffiti on vehicles and walls in Thailand's capital Bangkok are facing three years in jail.

CCTV footage shows Sell Ternberg, 28, Nicole Gollen, 24, and an unidentified man walking in the streets and vandalising properties last Wednesday, May 29.

In the footage Gollen is seen spraying graffiti on a wall before a man in a cap takes pictures of it. One of the men is also seen climbing up onto a shop's shutter.

The pair were arrested on Wednesday night in the coastal city of Pattaya which is about 90 miles from Bangkok and are facing charges of criminal damage to public and private property.

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The maximum jail term for criminal damage is three years in prison.

The pair admitted spraying the graffiti and apologised for their actions.

Mr Ternberg said: ''We’d like to apologise to Thai people. And I hope this could warn other tourists not to repeat the action because they would be arrested by Thai police.''

The tourists sprayed resident’s pickup truck with the phrase ''Mind the gent Youngrektum 2019'', Newsflare reports.

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A spokesman for Thai police said three vandals will have to pay more than £1,000 in fines.

They also will have their Visas revoked and will be blacklisted from the country.

The unidentified man is expected to escape punishment having already left the country.

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The spokesman said: ''Officers of Immigration Bureau were already informed about the case. After they face the legal action, their visas will be revoked and they will be blacklisted as persona non grata and deported.''



In November last year, Lee Furlong, 23, from Liverpool was deported from Thailand after he was caught on CCTV spraying graffiti on an ancient fortress.

Furlong, who daubed "Scouse Lee" on the 800-year-old Tha Phae Gate, was also ordered to pay a £2,400 fine, which was paid by his friends and family.