A teenage boy has received an eight-month detention and training order for throwing a seat 50ft (15m) off the top floor of an east London shopping centre.
The 16-year-old and another youth, both of whom cannot be named because of their age, were arrested after a video filmed at Westfield in Stratford on 1 March went viral.
The video of the incident allegedly filmed by one of the boys was shown to Stratford Magistrates’ Court.
The 16-year-old pleaded guilted to causing public nuisance and criminal damage but is appealing his sentence, with a hearing scheduled for 29 September at Snaresbrook Crown Court. The other boy, 15, denied the charges and is due to go on trial in December.
A detention and training order means the 16-year-old will spend half his sentence in a young offender institution and half served in the community.
The 15-year-old pleaded not guilty on 16 July to causing a public nuisance and criminal damage under £5,000.
He has been released on conditional bail until his trial at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on 2 December.
