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Sentencing expected for woman who threw chair off Toronto balcony

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Update: A Crown prosecutor says, 20-year-old Marcella Zoia, the young woman who threw a chair off a downtown Toronto high-rise balcony is “lucky she didn’t kill someone.”

The prosecution is seeking a four-to-six-month jail sentence,  240 hours of community service and a temporary ban from Social Media. Zoia pleaded guilty in November to mischief causing danger to life. Sentencing has been put over until March 12.

She was arrested after a video showing a woman throw a chair and other items off a condo balcony which overlooks a major highway went viral online.

The chair crashed down 45 storeys near a woman with a child in a stroller. No one was injured in the incident.

Zoia’s lawyer says he’ll seek a suspended sentence that would mean she would not spend any time behind bars.

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