A TikTok prankster known as Mizzy has been sentenced to 18 weeks in a young offender institution after a judge ruled his videos were "not funny". Bacari-Bronze O'Garro, 19, was found guilty of two counts of breaching a court order that prohibited him from sharing footage of individuals without their consent.
At Stratford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, Judge Matthew Bone stated that O'Garro's pranks were motivated by a "desire to be famous" and to receive money and designer clothes from sponsors. The judge added that his actions caused "innocent members of the public significant harm and distress".
The court heard that O'Garro deliberately flouted the order within hours of it being issued on 24 May, after appearing on Piers Morgan's TalkTV show and mocking the British judicial system. Footage shared on X showed him at Westfield shopping centre in Stratford saying "The UK law is a joke".
Other Snapchat videos in breach showed him grabbing a schoolboy by his uniform and fighting a man with dwarfism. O'Garro claimed these were hoax videos made with prior agreement, but the judge dismissed his explanations as "inconceivable". He was also ordered to pay a £154 surcharge and banned from trespassing on private property or entering the E12 area of London.
Detective Chief Inspector Yasmin Lalani of the Metropolitan Police commented after the hearing: "I think it is a fitting sentence... a loud and clear message that nobody is above the law".
