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EXTINGUISHER NOT LET OFF

The flame-haired teen terror who got carried away in ‘high spirits’ at the student protests in November, lobbing a fire extinguisher from the top of Millbank Tower has been jailed for 32 months.

After video footage of the action appeared on the news, his ‘concerned’ (i.e. totally livid) mother convinced him to turn himself in. The judge announced he was dishing out the harsh sentence to act as a ‘deterrent’, because of course sentencing is on the mind of any teenager ‘finding themselves’ in the middle of their first riot.

The unfortunate A-level student will serve half his sentence in a young offenders institute before being eligible for parole.

* Two protesters carrying banners calling the government a bunch of liars were arrested on Wednesday (12th) morning as they tried to stroll into Buck Palace via the staff entrance. They appeared at the City of Westminster magistrates court the following day after being charged with trespass.



 

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