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Jonty Bravery
Jonty Bravery was 17 years old when he was charged
A teenager said he threw a boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern in London because he wanted to be on the TV news.
Jonty Bravery, 18, from Ealing pleaded guilty to attempted murder at the Old Bailey.
The six-year-old boy was visiting London from France with his family and suffered a “deep” bleed to the brain in the fall on 4 August. His injuries have been described as life-changing.
Bravery was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing in February.
“The boy was singled out by Bravery who threw him from the viewing platform intending to kill him,” said Emma Jones of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
“That he survived the five-storey fall was extraordinary,”
Bravery was arrested shortly afterwards and told police he had planned in advance to hurt someone at the Tate Modern to be on TV.
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The boy was taken to hospital after he was found on a fifth floor roof
In his police interview, Bravery said he had to prove a point “to every idiot” who said he had no mental health problems, asking police if the incident was going to be on the news.
He said: “I wanted to be on the news, who I am and why I did it, so when it is official no-one can say anything else.”
Bravery, who has autistic spectrum disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and was likely to have a personality disorder, has been held at Broadmoor Hospital since mid-October.
In social media posts, now deleted, the defendant’s father, Piers Bravery attempted to raise awareness of autism and its treatment.
Bravery was 17 when he was charged but could not be named until his 18th birthday in October.
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