AN AUSTRALIAN graffiti gang that planned a Christmas Day vandalism spree along Ilford railway is due to be sentenced.

Scott Mulhearn, 21, Adrian Hing, 22, Luke Vassell, 23, Jack Shumack, 24, Alex Wisman, 24, and Marcus Wisman, 22, were discovered during the early hours of Boxing Day when two patrolling police officers heard the rattle of cans and smelled paint.

The six men, who were part of a group known as AMF, caused more than £70,000-worth of damage while spraying their "trophy pictures" on trains and railway stations across the capital.

The were tried at London's Southwark Crown Court last month.