32 months in prison for throwing fire extinguisher off roof?

[Liberal_in_LA]

London student protester gets 32-month sentence

London (CNN) -- A student protester who threw a fire extinguisher off the roof of Conservative Party headquarters during a demonstration last year was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison Tuesday, Southwark Crown Court in London said.

Edward Woollard pleaded guilty to violent disorder, admitting he threw the fire extinguisher in November.

He was part of a massive student protest against government plans to allow universities to triple tuition fees.

A group of protesters broke into the headquarters of the governing Conservative Party, smashing windows, spray-painting anarchy symbols and setting off flares before being forced out of the building.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01/11/uk.student.protest.sentence/index.html?hpt=T2

[hlthe2b]

1. That would have been a deadly weapon...

coming off a roof.... Had anyone been walking along the area below, he'd be facing manslaughter charges in all likelihood.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. It was within a few feet of the police and crowd below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIM_zOHTCnk

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

2. My guess is the sentencing also had something to with the B&E, vandalism, & attempted arson...

Not to mention that if there were people below it could be considered reckless endagerment or possibly attempted homicide.

Do the crime(s)... do the time.

[blondeatlast]

3. In the US it's considered reckless endangerment, like DUI that doesn't kill anyone.

Quite appropriate, IMHO.

[Catherina]

4. Almost as much as Delay. Imagine that.

How much are the British lawmakers getting for looting the treasury and indenturing future generations?

[Motown_Johnny]

5. this was a guilt plea too, Delay fought for years