Jonty Bravery, the man who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern balcony in 2019, has been sentenced to an additional 16 weeks in prison for attacking two nurses at Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.
The 24-year-old was found guilty of assaulting Linda McKinlay and Kate Mastalerz in September 2024. He kicked Mastalerz in the thigh and clawed McKinlay's face, leaving her with blood dripping down her cheek. The nurses were attempting to prevent Bravery from climbing a ledge to throw himself off it.
Bravery is serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 15 years for throwing the French boy from the 10th-storey balcony. The boy survived the 100ft fall but suffered life-changing injuries, including a bleed on the brain and multiple broken bones.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring noted that Bravery's carers were the targets of his assaults. The 16-week sentence will run concurrently with his existing term. Bravery refused to appear at the hearing via video link.
This is not Bravery's first assault while in custody; in 2020, he was given a 14-week sentence for attacking staff at Broadmoor, including punching a nursing assistant and biting a therapist.
