UK-based YouTube channel Trollstation describes itself as “a collective of social misfits playing mad mind games on the public.” But today, the group’s antics -- which include faking ebola outbreaks and suicide attempts -- have landed four of its members behind bars.
The guys, ranging in age from 20 to 29, were each sentenced to several months in jail yesterday at the City of London Magistrate's Court, according to the BBC, for a pranks in which they pretended to rob the National Portrait Gallery and stage a kidnapping at the Tate Britain. Trollstation member Danh Van Le was also separately sentenced to 24 weeks for his involvement in a bomb hoax.
All told, the channel counts more than 700,000 subscribers.
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The guys, ranging in age from 20 to 29, were each sentenced to several months in jail yesterday at the City of London Magistrate's Court, according to the BBC, for a pranks in which they pretended to rob the National Portrait Gallery and stage a kidnapping at the Tate Britain. Trollstation member Danh Van Le was also separately sentenced to 24 weeks for his involvement in a bomb hoax.
All told, the channel counts more than 700,000 subscribers.
Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.
- 5/17/2016
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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