Published on: Oct 06, 2025 07:39 am IST

A French influencer has been sentenced to jail for a disturbing prank the place he stabbed strangers with empty needles.

A French influencer has been sentenced to jail for a disturbing prank the place he stabbed folks with empty needles. Ilan M, additionally identified by his web moniker Amine Mojito, was sentenced to 12 months in jail, six of that are suspended.

Amine Mojito filmed himself stabbing strangers with syringes.

The ruling got here from the Paris Criminal Court on October 3, reported French newspaper Libération.

Disturbing prank movies

Amine Mojito filmed disturbing prank movies the place he pretended to inject strangers with a syringe on the streets of Paris. The syringes used within the pranks have been empty, however the victims have been unaware of the actual fact and have been naturally horrified.

The 27-year-old prankster appeared to look “ashamed” throughout his court docket look, Libération reported. He claimed he was unaware of the bigger social implications of his prank, saying he was “in his personal world” and “unaware of all the pieces.”

“I had the very dangerous concept of doing these pranks by imitating what I noticed on the web, in Spain, [and] in Portugal. I didn’t suppose it might harm folks. That was my mistake, I didn’t take into consideration others, I thought of myself,” he mentioned in French, as per Libération.

Sentenced to jail

The Paris Criminal Court sentenced the 27-year-old to 12 months in jail, of which six months shall be served in custody. He has additionally been fined €1,500 and barred from carrying or proudly owning a weapon for 3 years.

The court docket convicted him of “violence with a weapon that didn’t lead to incapacity for work”.

Amine Mojito’s lawyer, Marie Claret de Fleurieu, mentioned that the court docket’s judgement “brings the debates back into more proportion after the initial media frenzy” and “restores a little balance between the preservation of public order and that of the fundamental rights of [her] client” .