By Euronews with REUTERS Published on 05/03/2015 - 19:17 GMT+1 Two Germans have been sentenced to nine months in a Singapore prison and three strokes of the cane. Elton Hinz, 21, and Andreas

Von Knorre, 22, admitted breaking into a depot and spray-painting graffiti onto a commuter carriage. Both expressed remorse for their actions. Caning is a common punishment in Singapore,

handed out for crimes such as vandalism, kidnapping, robbery and drug and sexual abuse.