Overview
- The plea was entered at Stratford Magistrates' Court after a TikTok clip showed a sofa being hurled from an upper floor.
- Prosecutors said the roughly 15kg, £500 piece fell about 50ft and narrowly missed shoppers, and no one was hurt.
- The boy who threw the furniture previously admitted criminal damage and public nuisance and received an eight-month detention and training order.
- Both youths acknowledged their roles in police interviews, with admissions of regularly attempting other dangerous pranks such as throwing objects at trains from bridges.
- A Westfield security officer reported ongoing customer unease in a victim impact statement presented to the court.