Article 5H4C5 Teenager who threw six-year-old from Tate Modern was not considered a risk

Teenager who threw six-year-old from Tate Modern was not considered a risk

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Jonty Bravery's violent behaviour had reduced at the time of the attack, report finds

An autistic teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern was not considered a risk to others at the time, despite previously assaulting police and a restaurant worker and hitting support staff with a brick, a report has found.

Jonty Bravery was 17 when he told supervisors he was going to visit a local shopping centre on 4 August 2019, but instead travelled to the central London art gallery where, after lying in wait, he threw a young French tourist from the 10th storey viewing platform.

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