Jonty Bravery, the man who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern's 10th-storey balcony in 2019, has been sentenced to 16 weeks in prison for assaulting two nurses at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.
The 24-year-old was found guilty of attacking Linda McKinlay and Kate Mastalerz in September 2024. He kicked Mastalerz in the thigh and clawed at McKinlay's face, leaving her with blood dripping down her cheek, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
The nurses were trying to prevent Bravery, who requires supervision by three staff members at all times, from climbing a ledge to throw himself from it. Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring, who convicted Bravery of two counts of assault, said the carers were the targets of his assaults.
Bravery is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 15 years for throwing the French boy from the gallery's balcony. The boy survived the 100-foot fall but suffered life-changing injuries, including a bleed on the brain and multiple broken bones.
The 16-week sentence will run concurrently with his existing term. Bravery refused to appear at the hearing via video link. In 2020, he was given a 14-week sentence for attacking Broadmoor staff, including punching a nursing assistant and biting a therapist.
