YouTuber who threw excrement about commuters ‘as a prank’ gets prison with postponement (Brussels)

At the end of 2023, videos appeared on the YouTube channel of the defendant in which the ‘pranks’ of the man could be seen. For example, he posted a video showing how to see a bucket of two unsuspecting passengers on a MIVB metro set. Another part of the videos showed how the contents of that bucket were composed of oil, beer, dry leaves and dog drops. In total there was seven films at the time.

« I didn’t know that I could fly in jail again »

Yannick ‘Yanike’ D.

Defendant

The Brussels public transport company STIB filed a complaint, after which the young man was arrested in January 2024. He was quickly released under conditions, but then posted a new video showing how he poured out a bucket of slurry on some people. The man, called Yannick D., also used his recovered freedom to make videos showing how he pelted people with eggs in a park in Brussels.

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« That video on the metro were no new facts, » « Yanike » defended himself. « I had already recorded it before my arrest and put it online afterwards. I did not think carefully. It is true that I then pelted people with eggs, but I never thought someone was going to submit a complaint. »

The prosecutor demanded an effective imprisonment of 30 months against the YouTuber for the ‘pranks’ with the buckets in metro sets and 1 year in prison for the egg throwing and facts of armed rebellion. « He does not realize what he did, » said the substitute procuror of the Brussels public prosecutor’s office. « One of his victims was a homeless person who was sleeping on the street. There is nothing funny about it. With the facts on the metro, a girl of barely 9 years old got a bucket of slurry over her. »

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The public prosecutor also lifted heavily due to the fact that the defendant ignored the order of the investigating judge to remove his YouTube channel. « I didn’t know that I could fly in jail again, » said the defendant.

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‘Yanike’ lawyer argued for a milder punishment. « My client benefits more from follow -up and guidance, » it sounded. « He plans to follow a course. » The judge followed the defense and condemned the YouTuber to a 15 -month prison sentence, which exceeds the provisional detention. Two friends who assisted him during the facts were sentenced to a 100 -hour work sentence.

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