Jacob Fudali and Tom William Dixon in Maroochydore court for train graffiti

Two Sunshine Coast mates have been busted graffitiing trains, with one of the friends concealing evidence in his underpants. Find out what police discovered.

Evidence hidden under a young man’s testicles has exposed his graffiti hobby to police after he and a friend spray painted their large tags on a train parked at a Brisbane station.

The Pelican Waters residents, Jacob Fudali, and Tom William Dixon, both 20, were each ordered to pay restitution to Queensland Rail of $2180 and were placed on probation for six months in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on May 31, 2022.

Police prosecutor Brendan Newman said the pair crept through long grass at the Bindha train station in Virginia to cut a hole in the fence with bolt cutters after 8.55pm on March 5, 2022.

Both men had GoPros attached to their heads and a third one was set up on a tripod as they graffitied the train.

Sergeant Newman said one of the tags was about 10m long and the designs were detailed and colourful.

After the duo left the premises police from the Boondall crime squad saw them inside their car and spoke to them about the recent graffiti event.

Jacob Fudali leaving Maroochydore Magistrates Court.

Officers could smell spray paint in their car and during a search they found two GoPros and two cameras.

Police noticed Fudali was concealing a clip seal bag underneath his testicles but when they asked to retrieve it he resisted and said police were not going to look at his penis.

They eventually retrieved the clip seal bag, which contained multiple SD cards and some of which revealed photos and videos of multiple graffitied trains.

One of the memory cards held the footage of them spray painting the train at Bindha.

Duty lawyer Liesel Rogan said her client Fudali was working at a fishing shop and living with his mother and brother.

“He has ambitions of becoming a tattoo artist into the future,” Ms Rogan said.

Tom Dixon leaving Maroochydore Magistrates Court.

Tom Dixon’s lawyer Jessica Incledon said her client had a supportive family upbringing and completed his schooling at Caloundra State High School.

Ms Incledon said he has been working with his father as an apprentice marine mechanic.

“He uses art as an outlet, he describes it’s a way for him to take his mind off things,” Ms Incledon said.

Fudali pleaded guilty to two counts of wilful damage, one count of possessing a graffiti instrument, one count of possessing property suspected of being tainted property, one count of enter premises and commit indictable offence by break, one count of obstructing police and one count of entering the railway line other than through a proper entrance.

Dixon pleaded guilty to three counts of wilful damage, entering the railway line other than through a proper entrance, one count of possessing a graffiti instrument and one count of possessing property suspected of being tainted property.

Magistrate Maxine Baldwin said the graffitiing of trains was a “waste of talent”.

“There is a lot of work around the world, graffiti is done with planning … going willy nilly doesn’t help,” Ms Baldwin said.

When Ms Baldwin asked Fudali why he did it he replied, “adrenaline is something that fuels it”.

No convictions were recorded for either offender.