The 33-year-old had four charges for vandalising the city dismissed in the Invercargill District Court yesterday, after successfully completing the diversion process.
In court, Judge Mark Williams declined the defendant’s application for permanent name suppression, saying it did not prove naming the man would cause "extreme hardship".
The local man, once hailed as the "Banksy of Invercargill", graffitied 31 buildings and properties in the central area over a 12-month period starting in 2022.
He wrote his tag "clap" and painted cartoons on hotels, scaffolding, bus stops and retail stores, the court heard.
The court heard the man accepted responsibility for the offending and had repaid his victims weekly for the damage caused as part of his diversion.
