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# Teenager Who Threw Child From Tate Modern Balcony Is Sentenced to 15 Years
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/tate-modern-sentencing-15-years/
- Published: 2020-06-26T19:03:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:22:30.000Z
- Description: A British 18-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder and admitted to premeditating the attack.
- Author: Valentina Di Liscia
- Tags: News, London, Tate Modern, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:41 (2019, 2020, part 2)

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In August 2019, a British teenager nearly killed a 6-year-old boy after [pushing him from the 10th-floor viewing platform of the Tate Modern in London](https://hyperallergic.com/six-year-old-boy-in-critical-condition-after-being-thrown-from-tate-moderns-balcony/). The accused, Jonty Bravery, [pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder,](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/jonty-bravery-tate-modern-attack.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) admitting to premeditating the attack in the hopes of being featured on the news. Today, he was sentenced in a British court to at least 15 years in prison.

Judge Maura McGowan described Bravery as a “danger to the public” and said he had “a very serious mental disorder and a personality disorder.” According to the *New York Times*, the prosecution told the court that Bravery committed the violent act in order to “prove a point” to his parents and others who denied his mental health issues.

The boy remains hospitalized over nine months after the attack took place. In an update posted on a [GoFundMe page](https://uk.gofundme.com/f/medical-funds-for-tate-tragedy?ref=hyperallergic.com) raising funds for related medical expenses, his parents said that he is making progress.

The Tate Modern’s viewing platform, which offers a 360-degree-view of London, regularly draws tourists. Both the platform and the museum were temporarily closed immediately following the incident.