Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, accused of mischief and public nuisance over alleged stunt in mall
A French teenager has been charged with committing mischief and public nuisance in Singapore after posting a video on social media of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and then putting it back.
Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, was charged on 24 April and has not entered a plea, the city-state’s largest English-language newspaper, the Straits Times, reported. He allegedly committed the offence at a shopping mall on 12 March, and his video spread rapidly when it surfaced, the report said.
The teen was granted court permission on Wednesday to travel to Manila in May for a school trip required for his graduation, the Straits Times reported. He is due back in court on 29 May.
Mischief carries a penalty of up to two years in prison or a fine, or both, while public nuisance is less severe with up to three months in prison or a fine, or both.
