A teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern has been jailed for another 14 weeks after admitting attacking Broadmoor Hospital staff. Jonty Bravery, 19, punched nursing assistant Sarah Edwards in the head and face before pulling her hair, after she said she was going to clean his room. He then bit Maxwell King, a rehabilitation therapist assistant, on his finger after he came to his colleague s aid. Bravery was being held at the high-security psychiatric hospital on remand ahead of sentencing at the Old Bailey, where he pleaded guilty to attempted murder over the attack at the London art gallery.
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Jonty Bravery, 19, who threw boy off balcony at gallery, receives 14 weeks for attacks at Broadmoor
Jonty Bravery punched a nursing assistant before pulling her hair, and then bit a therapist assistant on his finger. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA
Jonty Bravery punched a nursing assistant before pulling her hair, and then bit a therapist assistant on his finger. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA
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Tue 22 Dec 2020 09.59 EST
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A teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern has been jailed for another 14 weeks after admitting attacking Broadmoor hospital staff.
Jonty Bravery Credit: PA Media
Jonty Bravery, 19, punched nursing assistant Sarah Edwards in the head and face before pulling her hair, after she said she was going to clean his room.
He then bit rehabilitation therapist assistant Maxwell King on his finger after he came to his colleague’s aid.
Jonty Bravery was being held at high-security Broadmoor Hospital on remand ahead of sentencing at the Old Bailey Credit: Andrew Matthews/PA
Bravery was being held at the high-security psychiatric hospital on remand ahead of sentencing at the Old Bailey, where he pleaded guilty to attempted murder over the attack at the London art gallery.