KEY POINTS
- Videos circulating on social media showed Mojito approaching pedestrians and pretending to jab them with a syringe
- Mojito, 27, was fined and convicted of 'violence with a weapon that did not result in incapacity for work'
- The case drew comparisons to Russian-born YouTuber Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, who was jailed in the Philippines after performing a disruptive prank
A French social media influencer has been sentenced to six months in prison for posting videos of himself pretending to inject strangers with a syringe. Authorities say the so-called 'pranks' risked spreading fear and inspiring dangerous copycats.
