Brockenhurst student Edward Wollard jailed for throwing fire extinguisher during fees riot
A NEW Forest A-level student has been jailed for 32 months after admitting throwing a fire extinguisher from the roof of London’s Millbank Tower during the fees riot.
Edward Woollard, from Dibden Purlieu, Hampshire, handed himself into police in Totton after the Metropolitan Police issued pictures taken from TV footage of demonstrators on the roof of Millbank Tower on November 10.
Woollard was one of 47 teenagers from Brockenhurst College who travelled to the capital to join the protest against government plans to nearly treble the amount universities can charge undergraduates.
During the riot at the building, which houses the Tory party’s headquarters Woollard threw the empty metal fire extinguisher from the seventh floor as hundreds of people gathered in a courtyard below.
It brushed the leg of one territorial support officer and hit the knees of another.
The 18-year-old, also known as Edward Renyard, is believed to be studying classics, politics and philosophy. He was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court and will serve at least half of his sentence for violent disorder in a young offenders’ institution.
Nenhum comentário:
Postar um comentário