Olympic Ambassador Remanded In Custody After Riot Court Hearing

Olympic Ambassador Remanded In Custody After Riot Court Hearing

An 18-year-old Olympic ambassador who was arrested for taking part in the London riots has been remanded in custody.

Chelsea Ives has been accused of attacking a police car, and was also charged with two counts of burglary and violent disorder. She denies the charges.

Ives held her head in her hands during the five minute hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court in north London, and left through the back of the dock before being officially dismissed, according to AFP.

She was remanded by the court on Wednesday, and told that she would appear again in September.

Ives' mother, Adrienne, who reported her daughter to police and said last week that "any parent who loves their child should find the courage to do what we did" sobbed outside the court.

Chelsea Ives was selected by her local council in 2008 as a youth ambassador for the 2012 Olympics.

The Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that more than 1,000 people had been charged and many hundreds more arrested for offences connected to the disturbances.

The tough sentences given out by some courts have proven controversial, but Prime Minister David Cameron defended their actions on Wednesday saying that the decisions were harsh but fair.

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