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A teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern observation deck has been jailed for another 14 weeks after admitting to attacking Broadmoor hospital staff.
Jonty Bravery, 19, struck a nursing assistant, Sarah Edwards, on the head and face before pulling her hair, after she said she was going to clean her room. He then bit Maxwell King, a rehabilitation therapist assistant, on his finger after he came to the aid of his colleague.
Bravery was being held in the high-security mental hospital on remand before being sentenced at the Old Bailey, where he pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the attack on the London art gallery.
He received a life sentence with a minimum period of 15 years in June for throwing the boy from the 10th-floor balcony of the Tate Modern on August 4 last year.
The victim, who was on vacation with her parents in France, survived the 100-foot (30-meter) fall but suffered life-changing injuries, including a brain hemorrhage and multiple broken bones.
On Tuesday, Bravery appeared in Westminster Magistrates Court via video link from Belmarsh Prison, where he is serving his sentence. He spoke to confirm his name and date of birth before pleading guilty to two counts of common battery in Broadmoor on January 29.
Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot sentenced him to another 14 weeks in prison and told him that he had to pay his victims £ 200 compensation.
The prosecutor, Michael Mallon, described Bravery as “somewhat notorious” and told the court that he was taken from his room in Broadmoor on Jan. 29 to get some fresh air when Edwards came in to get him a sweater.
“She made a passing comment that she was going to quickly clean her room because of the smell it was giving off,” he said.
The court heard Bravery yell, “No, no, no,” before becoming verbally abusive and launching the attack. “He lunged forward, grabbed her from behind with his left hand, and started punching his right hand around her face and head, about four or five times. He screamed in pain and fear, ”Mallon said.
The court heard that Bravery tried to kick the woman and was heard yelling that he wanted to hurt her before other colleagues arrived to help.
Andrew Bousfield, an advocate, said Bravery had been diagnosed with autism and a personality disorder and that the crimes were related to his mental disorder. “Mr. Bravery wants to apologize for his attack. He has pleaded guilty because he is very aware of the effect this has had on his family, “he said.
Earlier this month, Bravery withdrew an appeal court attempt to be transferred from prison to hospital, while his appeal against the length of his 15-year sentence was dismissed.
