Four Men Sentenced for Train Graffiti in High Barnet
Spanish nationals received criminal behaviour orders and suspended sentences for trespassing and vandalism.
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From the archive. This story was written up on 29 July 2026 from reporting first published on 21 July 2026, which is the date shown above. We took up the back catalogue of the local titles we read when this site launched, so the events are older than the page.
Four men from Spain have been sentenced at Higbury Magistrates’ Court following an incident of trespassing and graffiti on trains in High Barnet. The group entered live railway lines in the early hours of July 8th, 2026, and proceeded to spray graffiti on a train. Their actions were detected by staff monitoring CCTV footage, who subsequently alerted British Transport Police (BTP).
Trespassing and Vandalism on the Northern Line
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The court heard that the four men, Asier Dorado-Alosete (21), Javier Martinez-Lopez (30), Juan Palomino Andres-Cabanas (22), and Galo Adrian Romero-Valle (21), trespassed across live wires on the Northern Line. Upon arrival, they immediately began applying graffiti to a train. BTP officers were dispatched and apprehended Romero-Valle and Andres-Cabanas near the scene. A search uncovered 44 aerosol spray cans concealed in bushes. The remaining two men, Dorado-Alosete and Martinez-Lopez, were later arrested at Stansted Airport as they attempted to board a flight home, based on mobile phone data.
Sentencing and Additional Charges
All four individuals received five-year criminal behaviour orders and were fined £187 each. Additionally, Romero-Valle and Andres-Cabanas were ordered to pay £972 in compensation to Transport for London (TfL). Martinez-Lopez and Romero-Valle were given 12-month prison sentences, suspended for 24 months. Dorado-Alosete and Andres-Cabanas received 10-month suspended sentences, suspended for 12 months. During the investigation, analysis of mobile phone data also revealed that Romero-Valle possessed an indecent image of a child, for which he pleaded guilty to a Category A offence.
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“While these offences may seem relatively low-level, there is high cost involved to train operating companies who have to carry out repairs costing thousands of pounds. It also causes disruption across the rail network as trains are taken out of service to be cleaned.”
Sergeant Phil Osafo, BTP
Sergeant Phil Osafo of BTP commented on the case, highlighting the significant costs incurred by train operators for repairs and the disruption caused to the rail network. He also stressed the extreme danger of trespassing on railway lines. BTP has urged the public to report any instances of criminal damage on the network by texting 61016.
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