Teen Who Threw Six-Year-Old Boy Off Tate Rooftop Admits to Attempted Murder

A teenager has admitted to attempted murder in his act of
throwing a six-year-old boy off of a tenth-floor viewing platform
at London’s Tate Modern TK this summer. The boy, who was of course
lucky to survive at all, sustained life-changing injuries as a
result of his fall. Jonty Bravery, the perpetrator, turned 18 in
October; his name had previously been withheld since he was a
miner. He has said that he committed the crime in order to appear
on the news.

The six-year-old victim was unknown to Bravery, who, according
to the BBC, “has autistic spectrum disorder, obsessive
compulsive disorder and [is] likely to have a personality
disorder.”

“This devastating and shocking incident at the Tate Modern on 4
August of this year changed the lives of Bravery’s young victim and
his family forever,” said Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor Emma
V. Jones in a statement. The boy fell five stories and landed on
the roof of a lower floor.

Bravery will be sentenced on February 17, says CPS. His plea
means that no trial will be necessary.

“Eye witness accounts and CCTV footage, along with Bravery’s
admissions at the time of the arrest that his actions were
pre-planned, meant he had little choice but to accept
responsibility for his actions,” said Jones.

The boy was visiting from France with his family. He sustained
multiple fractures to his spine, legs, and arms, as well as a bleed
to the brain after falling 100 feet.

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