BREAKING: Keron Bruce found guilty of cyberbullying Leroy Smith, fined $3M
Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce ruled moments ago that there is circumstantial evidence linking photographer Keron Bruce to the cartoon character ‘Mudwata.’
In the same breath, the Senior Magistrate found that Bruce cyberbullied journalist Leroy Smith on January 25, 2021.
In a stern warning, Magistrate Scarce said, “I trust going forward this would seize.” Bruce was fined $3 million and is expected to pay the sum within a month.
In 2022, Bruce, 37, of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was hauled before the Court, charged and released on $100,000 bail.
He had denied the charge, which alleged that on January 25, 2021, at Soesdyke, EBD, he used a computer system to disseminate information about Leroy Smith knowing the same to be false, to cause public ridicule, contempt, and hatred, or embarrassment.
In January of 2022, Bruce was arrested three days after Smith, through his online publication ‘Big Smith News Watch,’ made a public reward of $1 million for information leading to the identity of the players behind the “Mudwata” character and the “Guyana Uncut” page.
Smith made this offer after a video was posted by ‘Mudwata’ casting aspersions on his character. At the time of Bruce’s arrest, the Police had said several pieces of electronic equipment were seized from his DD Eccles, EBD home.
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