A 16-year-old schoolboy has been locked up for eight months after recklessly throwing a heavy blue seat off the third floor of england/scotland/”>scotland-england/”>scotland/westfield/”>westfield-scotland/”>westfield/”>Westfield Stratford City in london/”>East London. The 15kg chair plummeted 50 feet towards shoppers below in a prank that could have caused serious injury or worse.
The teen, who cannot be named, launched the dangerous stunt back in March. A video of the incident went viral on social media, showing him hurling the seat down a stairwell in the bustling shopping centre. The caption read: “No way bro almost killed someone.”
Close Call with Shoppers
During the court hearing at Stratford Youth Court, prosecutor Noel Shaw warned of the “realistic risk of extremely serious injury” to innocent mall-goers. The footage showed the chair narrowly missing at least four people below, one of whom had to quickly dodge out of the way.
His 15-year-old friend denies all charges and is set to stand trial in December.
