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Tiktok prankster laughing in face of the law

Delinquent, 18, claims to be ‘infamous’ as he defies court order to post videos of anti-social behaviour

- By Will Bolton

A TEENAGER who entered a family’s home without permission for a Tiktok prank has boasted he is “infamous” as he released videos that could be in breach of a court order imposed just one day earlier.

Bacari-bronze O’garro, 18, known as Mizzy, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to breaching a community protection notice at Thames magistrate­s’ court after he walked into a stranger’s property on May 15.

The teenager was ordered to pay £365 in total for the fine, a £80 victim surcharge and costs of £85. He was also handed a two-year criminal behaviour order.

Later that day, he appeared on Talk TV with Piers Morgan where he branded UK laws “weak” because he only received a “tiny fine”.

At the court hearing, Judge Charlotte Crangle ordered that Mr O’garro must not directly or indirectly post videos on to social media without the documented consent of the people featured in the content, that he must not trespass on private property, and that he must not attend the Westfield Centre in Stratford, east London.

However, yesterday morning, just hours after his interview on Talk TV, Mr O’garro posted a number of videos including one in which he rides an e-bike through a busy Sainsbury’s supermarke­t.

He enters the warehouse at the back of the store before security guards ask him to leave. As he exits the shop he narrowly avoids a woman with a pram. In another clip posted yesterday, he is seen clinging to the top of a single decker bus.

In a separate video explaining his actions, Mr O’garro appears to claim that the latest videos are all old and were filmed months before. He added: “I’m basically infamous.”

However, the terms of his court order suggest that any uploading of the clips without the consent of the people in the video would be a breach, regardless of when they were filmed.

A Metropolit­an Police spokesman said “We are aware of the videos and inquiries are ongoing.”

Just minutes after leaving court, Mr O’garro created a new Tiktok account and posted a video saying: “Hello world I’m back and I’m taking over this, yeah...

“The feds thought they can have me, but where am I? We outside every time.”

Mr O’garro later said he would continue to upload content to the streaming service Twitch after he was banned from using Tiktok.

Discussing the prank in which he walked into a woman’s house, he said it was a “spur of the moment idea” and he had been “coerced” into doing it.

He later apologised to the woman. During the interview, Mr O’garro and Morgan traded insults as the teenager was accused of “playing the race card”.

When Mr O’garro was asked about his background, he responded: “Are you trying to get on to me because I’m black?”

Morgan replied: “I don’t give a damn about your skin colour. I just think you’re an idiot.”

Speaking earlier this week, Detective Chief Superinten­dent James Conway of the Central East Command Unit said: “I do not underestim­ate the widespread upset, distress and concern that these videos caused.”

“Some people have referred to these as ‘prank’ videos, but I hope that this significan­t developmen­t demonstrat­es just how seriously we have been taking this investigat­ion since this footage began circulatin­g online.”

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 ?? ?? Bacari-bronze O’garro, aka Mizzy, above, on an e-bike ride through a supermarke­t; top, after his Thames magistrate­s’ court appearance; right, the teenager clambers on top of a bus
Bacari-bronze O’garro, aka Mizzy, above, on an e-bike ride through a supermarke­t; top, after his Thames magistrate­s’ court appearance; right, the teenager clambers on top of a bus

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