MELBOURNE: ‘Pam The Bird’ graffiti – man charged
Members of Victoria Police’s Transit Divisional Response Unit have charged a man over a series of ‘Pam the Bird’ images graffitied on city landmarks.
The 21-year-old man, from Yarraville, was arrested on Thursday (Jan. 30), and due to face Melbourne Magiostrates’ Court on Friday.
He was due to more than 50 charges including criminal damage, burglary, shop theft and theft of a motor vehicle.
In one of the most high-profile incidents, it isd alleged the man scaled and defaced the heritage-listed n clock tower on July 10, 2024.
It is alleged he is also responsible for graffiti plastered across the rail network as well as the ‘Cheese Stick’ column on CityLink, a television station building in Docklands and concrete silos on Mercer St in Geelong.
In the latest incident graffiti was daubed across a hotel in South Wharf.
Total damage of the offending is estimated at more than $100,000.
The man has also been charged over an incident in Footscray where an allegedly stolen car was driven through the front window of a Barkly St restaurant early on December 20.
Police also arrested a 39-year-old man from Abbotsford.
He is facing more than 20 charges of criminal damage.