Perental respect
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:20 pm
A girl chosen as an 'Olympic ambassador' was turned in to police by her mother who saw her among rioters on television.
An emotional Adrienne Ives, 47, said the decision which led to the arrest of her 18-year-old daughter Chelsea was 'gut-wrenching.'
She said: 'But I had to do what was right. She won't thank us.'
Mrs Ives was at home in Leytonstone, east London, on Sunday night with her husband Roger, 54, watching the scenes of anarchy unfold on the streets of Enfield, just six miles to the north.
'Roger and I were watching the TV news and it was absolutely sickening,' she said.
'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 lose their homes and businesses. As parents we had to say, "She can't get away with that".
'I will be portrayed as a bitch – but what are you supposed to do?'
Mrs Ives told The Sun: 'We've no regrets and would do the same again.
'My children have always been taught right from wrong. We were not being brave, it's what any right-thinking person would have done.
'I love her. But these riots have cost people their jobs and even their lives. We are going through hell.'
Ives' father Roger, 54, added: 'There were a lot of tears. It was devastating when she was led away.
'I don't want my daughter to go to prison. But we would do the same again.'
Mrs Ives added: 'Many parents will know their children have been involved. I urge them to do what we did.'
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