Notorious Train And Railway Tagger Locked-Up

Bacari Adams

A notorious graffiti tagger, linked to 77 offences across the London railway network, has been locked-up for six months.

Heavily tattooed Bacari Adams, 33, spray-painted the same 'Tag' that was inked across the knuckles of his hand.

The clean-up costs for Adams' damage totals £130,000 and he had the audacity to claim he was creating work for the people employed to remove it.

Adams, of Sandcroft Close, Southgate pleaded guilty at Inner London Crown Court to conspiring to cause criminal damage.

He was caught on CCTV spray-painting his tag on a London Overground train in January, 2019.

Adams admitted to police: “Sorry, I’m not going to do it again. I can’t deny catching me red-handed, only an idiot would deny that.”

British Transport Police officers invested significant time investigating accounts of suspects trespassing onto the railway, sometimes in the dead of night, and scrawling tags on trains and other property.

They built enough evidence against Adams to link him with 77 offences, all committed across the railway in London.

A second man, Jake Martin, 31, was also tied to the same offences.

Martin, of Fenton Road in Tottenham pleaded guilty to the same offence. 

He was sentenced to 15 months in prison suspended for 18 months in December 2020.

The damage caused to the railway totalled to £133,817.

Both men were arrested at their homes in December 2018. 

Their phones included decisive evidence, including pictures of their vandalism which they had kept as trophies.

The phones also included text and WhatsApp messages they sent to each other as they planned more vandalism on trains and railway property.

The officer leading the case, Alom Uddin, said: “This was a long and thorough investigation. We were committed to securing enough evidence to link Adams and Martin to the dozens of crimes committed across the London railway network.

“Graffiti on the railway is inherently dangerous. It often involves trespassing onto the railway lines, which can be charged with electricity, or have trains constantly passing though. 

“It also costs the railway network significant sums of money and disrupts services while carriages are cleaned.

“We’re committed to identifying anyone committing these acts on the railway and will invest significant resources and time to ensure they’re brought before the courts.”