Police: Explicit Viral Video Under Investigation

December 22, 2020

Noting they are “aware of a video being circulated on social media depicting sexually explicit scenes, which appears to have been recorded on one of Bermuda’s beaches,” the police said the “matter is now under investigation.”

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A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Police Service is aware of a video being circulated on social media depicting sexually explicit scenes, which appears to have been recorded on one of Bermuda’s beaches – although this has not been confirmed.

“Section 197 of the Criminal Code Act 1907 states: ‘Any person who wilfully and without lawful excuse does any indecent act in any public place is guilty of a summary offence and is liable to imprisonment for five years.

“The matter is now under investigation by the BPS Vulnerable Persons Unit [VPU].

“It’s unclear when the video clip would have been recorded and we are asking that anyone with information about it to please call 211 or the main police number, 295-0011.

“Further, we urge that should you receive the video, you delete it and not share it on.

“Also, it should be noted that Section 53[1][a] of the Telecommunications Act 1986 states that improper use of a public telecommunication service involves any person who sends, by means of a public telecommunication service, a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character commits an offence.

“Punishment on summary conviction: imprisonment for 1 year or a fine of $2,000 or both such imprisonment and fine.”

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