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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nNew video of the boy throwing a sofa over the balcony at Westfield narrowly avoiding shoppers below has been released.\n\nThe 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, threw the seat over a balcony at Westfield in Stratford on March 1 last year.\n\nThe incident went viral on social media, with a video captioned ‘no way bro almost killed someone’.\n\nThe boy and his friend, 15, who was filming, were arrested soon after.\n\nThe pair were prosecuted and now new footage has emerged – showing just how close they came to hitting unsuspecting shoppers.\n\nVideo shows a group of three, who had just walked past the spot where the chair landed, turning around in shock after it crashed to the ground.\n\nOther shoppers, who witnessed the scene, can be seen jumping and freezing in fear after it landed – before walking in a different direction.\n\nNew video of the boy throwing a sofa over the balcony at Westfield narrowly avoiding shoppers below has been released (Picture: CPS/SWNS)\n\nThe incident went viral on social media, with a video captioned ‘no way bro almost killed someone’ (Picture: CPS/SWNS)\n\nSurveillance video from the shopping centre’s second floor also shows the moment the 16-year-old picked up the seat and threw it from the balcony before running away, all while his 15-year-old friend filmed the incident.\n\nThe 15-year-old boy was handed a 12-month referral order and a £426 fine by Stratford Youth Court on May 20.\n\nHe admitted criminal damage and recklessly causing a public nuisance.\n\nThe 16-year-old boy who threw the chair was handed a fine of £41 and a custodial sentence with an eight-month Detention and Training Order by the same court on September 24, 2025.\n\n##  Latest London news\n\n  * How gangs are targeting Londoners on nights out by drugging and robbing them\n  * I went to Magnolia Bakery in the UK — one item is worth the hype\n  * New Tube strike dates announced after May walkout cancelled at 11th hour\n\n\n\n_**To get the latest news from the capital, visit Metro's** London news hub._\n\nHe pleaded guilty to the same charges.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "New footage shows sofa narrowly missing shoppers after teen threw it from Westfield balcony"
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