English riots: London Olympics envoy, 18, faces charges over violence
A YOUNG Olympics ambassador accused of pelting cops with bricks in the London riots was shopped to police by her mum.
Chelsea Ives, 18, is one of the role models promoting sport in the run-up to the 2012 games.
But her horrified mother Adrienne, 47, spotted her on the TV news and called the police.
Ives was allegedly caught on camera hurling bricks at a police car in Enfield and caused more than s5000 of damage. She is also accused of leading a "frenzied" attack on a Vodafone store where she hurled a brick at a window.
Afterwards she allegedly told pals she'd had "the best day ever".
As an Olympic envoy, Ives has met games chief Sebastian Coe, Mayor Boris Johnson and visited the House of Commons.
She was also pictured with ex-Arsenal and England star Martin Keown promoting a community football project.
But yesterday, she appeared in court in the early hours of the morning among the hundreds charged following London's scenes of shame.
Prosecutor Becky Owen told Westminster Magistrates Court of the shop attack: "She was first to pick up masonry and hurl it at the window."
Ives, described as "a talented sportswoman", pled not guilty to two counts of burglary, violent disorder and attacking a police car.
She was refused bail and was remanded in custody until August 17, when she will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates before being committed to the crown court.
Following the court appearance, Ives's mother said the decision to shop her daughter to police was "gut wrenching". But she added: "I had to do what was right. My husband and I were watching the news and it was absolutely sickening. And then we saw our daughter.
"I could not believe it. For a minute, we did not know what to do. But then what could normal, honest parents do? "How can you sit there and see that and say, 'That's OK'? We were watching people losing their homes and businesses.
"She won't thank us. I will be portrayed as a bitch - but what were we supposed to do?"
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