Mizzy sentenced to detention centre as judge bluntly puts down TikTok prankster
Notorious TikTok prankster Mizzy has been given an 18-week sentence at a young offender’s institution.
Bacari-Bronze O’Garro - more commonly known as Mizzy - was found guilty in October of two counts of breaching a court order which prohibited him from sharing videos of people without their consent. At his trial last month, the social media personality was found to have “deliberately flouted” the court order “within hours” of it being issued.
In one of the videos he was picked up on, passersby were visible in the background while Mizzy told his viewers: “The UK law is a joke.” But Stratford Magistrates Court Judge Matthew Bone didn’t see the funny side, telling him on Tuesday (November 21) that his “pranks are not funny”.
Half of Mizzy's 18-week sentence will be served on license - meaning he won't be imprisoned for it - and he has also been banned from posting on social media for two years.
TikTok prankster Bacari-Bronze O’Garro also known as Mizzy arrived at Stratford Magistrates court for sentencing (The Daily Mirror)Mizzy, who has a son little over 1 year old, was first issued the order after entering a family's open front door without their permission in a prank video which spread widely, attracting much criticism. The court heard before the order was issued that Mizzy had apologised to the family and was an "intelligent" young man with "potential" - but had had an "extremely difficult childhood".
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At the trial for the court order breach in October, Judge Bone stated Mizzy was “lacking all credibility” when he denied four counts of breaching the court order and ordered him not to go on social media “at all” other than to send messages. On the same day that the criminal behaviour order was issued on May 24 this year, the 19-year-old began posting videos with people visible in the background.
One video showed Mizzy in Westfield shopping centre on the night that he appeared on Piers Morgan’s Talk TV show. Others were posted on his Snapchat account, with one showing him grabbing a schoolboy by his uniform and another showing him fighting a man with dwarfism.
Mizzy claimed he had consent from those featured in these videos. The prankster also claimed that one of his friends posted the videos on X without Mizzy’s consent - but Judge Bone dismissed this claim as “inconceivable”.
The judge said: “I concede that there may be some prospect of rehabilitation in the community, and I accept the mitigation. But it must be clearly understood by all that for such an immediate breach of the criminal behaviour order, detention is what is appropriate. The defendant caused ordinary members of the public harassment, alarm, and distress – and then profited from that. I want to ensure this does not happen again.”
Bone found Mizzy not guilty on two other counts of the same charge - ruling that the video could have been filmed before the criminal behaviour order was passed. Mizzy’s main witness was also arrested in this case - and Paul Lennon, his lawyer, argued his client was unable to receive a “fair trial” without his only witness.
“I am satisfied that your offending arose from a desire to be famous," Judge Bone continued. “Your allure to fame is clear, meaning you need further help so as to not reoffend." The judge has banned Mizzy from any involvement in making social media content and has banned him from entering E20 - the Stratford postcode where he entered someone's house - unless travelling on public transport or for child arrangements.
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