Judge on Starbucks tagger: ‘I wouldn’t like to graffitify his record’

A judge has told a graphic designer, who “tagged” a Starbucks cafe in Dublin, to go back to college because his graffiti was not a work of art.

Gareth Merrin, aged 25, from Kimmage Rd West, pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Starbucks on Lower Liffey St on December 4 last.

At Dublin District Court, Judge Anthony Halpin heard that Merrin was seen by gardaí spraying graffiti on the cafe’s shutters which cost €150 to clean.