Man who threw boy, 6, off Tate Modern jailed for attacking two nurses | UK | News

A man who threw a six-year-old boy from a 10th-floor balcony at Tate Modern has been jailed for 16 weeks after attacking two nurses at Broadmoor hospital.

Jonty Bravery was convicted of attacking nurses Linda McKinlay and Kate Mastalerz in September 2024.

They were trying to stop Bravery, who must be supervised by three staff at all times, from climbing onto a ledge and throwing himself off it, an earlier hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.

The 24-year-old autistic man was jailed for at least 15 years for throwing a French boy from a gallery balcony in 2019 and is currently being held at Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire.

The boy survived the 100-foot fall but suffered life-changing injuries, including a brain hemorrhage and multiple broken bones.

Chief Justice Paul Goldspring, who found Bravery guilty of two assaults on Thursday, said those who “cared about” Bravery were the targets of his attacks.

The 16-week prison sentence will run concurrently with the minimum 15-year prison sentence.

The defendant refused to attend the hearing via video link.

The court had previously heard that Bravery “kicked towards Ms Mastalerz”, striking her in the thigh and “clawing” Ms McKinlay in the face, causing blood to drip from her cheek.

Ms McKinlay, a grandmother, told the court it was the first time she had been attacked at Broadmoor in her long career.

In 2020, Bravery was jailed for a further 14 weeks after admitting assaulting staff at Broadmoor Hospital.

He punched nursing assistant Sarah Edwards in the head and face before pulling her hair, and bit rehabilitation therapist assistant Maxwell King on the finger after he came to his colleague’s aid.

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