{"id":37476,"date":"2020-06-26T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37476"},"modified":"2020-06-26T13:57:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:57:01","slug":"jonty-bravery-tate-modern-attacker-who-threw-boy-from-balcony-jailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/area\/southwark\/jonty-bravery-tate-modern-attacker-who-threw-boy-from-balcony-jailed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonty Bravery: Tate Modern attacker who threw boy from balcony jailed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intropara\">Jonty Bravery, the Tate Modern attacker who threw a six-year-old boy from the attraction&#8217;s viewing platform, has been jailed for at least fifteen years.<\/p>\n<p>Bravery&#8217;s attack left the victim, a little boy who had been on a family holiday from France<a href=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/news\/jonty-bravery-probe-tate-modern\/\">, with life-changing injuries in August last year.<\/a><\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"69959\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448384\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">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<\/script>\n<p>The boy will need constant care at least until 2022 as a result of the &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; injuries sustained in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>Bravery, aged 18, &#8220;intended to kill someone that day,&#8221; said Mrs Justice McGowan in her sentencing remarks.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"68153\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448385\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMzY5MjE3NDQwMyIgY2xhc3M9InNvdXRoLWNvbnRlbnQgc291dGgtZW50aXR5LXBsYWNlbWVudCIgc3R5bGU9Im1hcmdpbi1sZWZ0OiBhdXRvO21hcmdpbi1yaWdodDogYXV0bzt0ZXh0LWFsaWduOiBjZW50ZXI7Ij48IS0tICAvMTU0NzI1MDcwLDIyNjk0MTk2OTY5L3NvdXRod2Fya25ld3Mvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cyAtLT4NCjxkaXYgaWQ9ImRpdi1ncHQtYWQtMngxIj4NCjxzY3JpcHQ+DQpnb29nbGV0YWcuY21kLnB1c2goZnVuY3Rpb24oKSB7IGdvb2dsZXRhZy5kaXNwbGF5KCdkaXYtZ3B0LWFkLTJ4MScpOyB9KTsNCjwvc2NyaXB0Pg0KPC9kaXY+ICAgICAgICAgIDwvZGl2Pg==<\/script>\n<p>&#8220;You went to the 10th floor of the Tate Modern,&#8221; she told the teenager.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once there, you went to the viewing platform, looked around and spotted the victim and his family.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"71156\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448386\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMzAyMTcyNjE1OCIgY2xhc3M9InNvdXRoLWluLWFydGljbGUtbXB1OSBzb3V0aC1lbnRpdHktcGxhY2VtZW50Ij48IS0tICAvMTU0NzI1MDcwLDIyNjk0MTk2OTY5L3NvdXRod2Fya25ld3Mvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cyAtLT4NCjxkaXYgaWQ9ImRpdi1ncHQtYWQtbXB1OSI+DQo8c2NyaXB0Pg0KZ29vZ2xldGFnLmNtZC5wdXNoKGZ1bmN0aW9uKCkgeyBnb29nbGV0YWcuZGlzcGxheSgnZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHU5Jyk7IH0pOw0KPC9zY3JpcHQ+DQo8L2Rpdj4gICAgIDwvZGl2Pg==<\/script>\n<p>&#8220;You went towards them took hold of M and threw him over the railing. He fell 100\u2019 and suffered catastrophic injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fear he must have experienced and the horror that his parents felt are beyond imagination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An Old Bailey trial had heard how Bravery had researched the attack, attempting to gain entrance to The Shard on the day, only being deterred by the entrance price.<\/p>\n<p>He then asked a member of the public of other tall buildings in the area.<\/p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"71157\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"448387\" data-no-track=\"impressions\">PGRpdiBpZD0ic291dGgtMzczNTE1Nzc5MCIgY2xhc3M9InNvdXRoLWluLWFydGljbGUtbXB1LTEwIHNvdXRoLWVudGl0eS1wbGFjZW1lbnQiPjwhLS0gIC8xNTQ3MjUwNzAsMjI2OTQxOTY5Njkvc291dGh3YXJrbmV3cy9zb3V0aHdhcmtuZXdzIC0tPg0KPGRpdiBpZD0iZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHUxMCI+DQo8c2NyaXB0Pg0KZ29vZ2xldGFnLmNtZC5wdXNoKGZ1bmN0aW9uKCkgeyBnb29nbGV0YWcuZGlzcGxheSgnZGl2LWdwdC1hZC1tcHUxMCcpOyB9KTsNCjwvc2NyaXB0Pg0KPC9kaXY+ICAgICA8L2Rpdj4=<\/script>\n<p>The court also heard how <a href=\"http:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/news\/teen-admits-throwing-boy-6-from-roof-of-tate-modern\/\">the teenager had a desire &#8220;to be on TV&#8221; as a result of the attempted murder. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You planned this, you worked out which buildings you might try, based on height and cost of admission and you appear to have revelled in the notoriety,&#8221; added Mrs Justice McGowan.<\/p>\n<p>Bravery may never be released after the horrific crime, after being given a minimum term of fifteen years.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the attack, the severely autistic teen had been under the care of Hammersmith and Fulham Council, living in supported accommodation in Northolt.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said his autism did not explain his offending.<\/p>\n<p>A serious case review to establish if any failings contributed to Bravery&#8217;s offence is to report later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The victim&#8217;s parents said last month that their &#8220;little knight&#8221; continued to slowly recover from the injuries.<\/p>\n<p>He can only walk a few metres unaided, and play with his toys sitting down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is still a long way to go but we are holding on, even confined and masked,&#8221; they said from the hospital in France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bravery threw a six-year-old boy 100ft from the Tate Modern in a pre-planned attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18928,"featured_media":34398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[13541,8341],"tags":[10487,2679],"class_list":["post-37476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-southwark","tag-jonty-bravery","tag-tate-modern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18928"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southwarknews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}