Bravery Sentenced to 16 Weeks for Assaulting Nurses

Jonty Bravery, the man serving a life sentence for throwing a six-year-old boy from the 10th-floor balcony of London's Tate Modern art gallery in 2019, was sentenced on Thursday to an additional 16 weeks in prison for assaulting two nurses at Broadmoor Hospital. The 24-year-old, who is autistic and requires constant supervision, attacked the staff members while they tried to prevent him from harming himself at the high-security psychiatric facility in Berkshire.

The assaults occurred in September 2024, when Bravery, who must be monitored by three staff members at all times and is housed in a room containing only a mattress, asked to use the toilet around 9:30 p.m. After returning, he attempted to climb a ledge to throw himself from it, according to prosecutor Tom Heslop's account at Westminster Magistrates' Court. Nurses Linda McKinlay and Kate Mastalerz intervened, restraining him on the mattress and turning him onto his back. In the struggle, Bravery kicked Ms. Mastalerz in the thigh, leaving her with a bruise, and clawed across Ms. McKinlay's face, causing scratches to her eye and cheek that resulted in blood dripping down her face.

Body-worn footage shown during the trial...