The teen, 15, posted to TikTok a clip of the younger chucking the £500 sofa as part of a prank in March last week. The boy, 16, who threw the chair has previously admitted to criminal damage and recklessly causing a public nuisance. No one was injured (Picture: TikTok)The video showed a hooded teen pushing a heavy blue sofa over a glass barrier before swearing and running away on March 1. Prosecutor Elizabeth Ajayi told the court that the chair fell 50 feet and narrowly avoided crushing shoppers below. A judge previously said of the boy who threw the chair when sentencing last year: ‘It was an intentional, deliberate act – throwing a heavy object.

Source: Metro March 23, 2026 17:45 UTC