Fire extinguisher student sentenced to 2years 8months

Edward Woollard, the 18 year old student who threw a fire extinguisher from the roof of 30 Millbank during the first student riots has been sentenced to 2 years 8 months at Southwark Crown Court today.

It is sad to see a young man, with no history of criminality, set to spend at least a year in a Young Offenders' Institution but what he did was incredibly dangerous and the criminal justice system cannot turn a blind eye to actions which could very nearly have killed someone.