Shanghai man threw items from high-rise, given year of prison

A man in Shanghai was sentenced to one year in prison by a local court on Friday for intentionally throwing objects out of a 14-story window, endangering public safety.

The case is the first involving objects thrown out of a tall building in the city since a related national judicial document was issued by the Supreme People's Court on Nov 14.

The document made it clear that penalties would be harsher for those found guilty of such behavior, which would be considered a crime of endangering public security by dangerous means, intentional injury or intentional homicide.