London Olympics ambassador Chelsea Ives turned in as brick-thrower ... by her own mother
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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The brick-tossing rioter on the television news looked familiar to Adrienne Ives - who quickly called police and turned in her daughter.
Chelsea Ives, 18, was ordered held without bail Friday after her parents implicated their child in the deadly violence that gripped London.
"I had to do what was right," Adrienne Ives, 47, told The Telegraph. "(Husband) Roger and I were watching the news, and it was absolutely sickening. And then we saw our daughter among the crowds."
Ives, an athlete and role model chosen as a volunteer ambassador for next year's Olympics, had met with London Olympics head Sebastian Coe and London Mayor Boris Johnson.
But prosecutors said Ives hurled bricks at a store and at a marked police car during Sunday rioting in north London. She remained behind bars pending a hearing next Wednesday.
Nearly 600 people were charged in the rioting that engulfed London, authorities said. The motley crew of suspects also included an 11-year-old boy, a teen ballerina and a college kid from a wealthy suburb.
Nationally, more than 1,700 people were taken into custody. Courts in London, Manchester and Birmingham extended their hours to handle the overflow of suspects.
Adrienne Ives said she expected criticism for turning her daughter over to police, but insisted the decision was a no-brainer.
"For a minute, we did not know what to do," she told The Telegraph. "But then, what could normal, honest parents do? ... As parents, we had to say, 'She can't get away with that.'"
The teen could face a stiff penalty if calls by one-time acquaintance Mayor Johnson for "significant sentences" are heeded.
"That is, frankly, what Londoners want to see," he said.
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