Teenager loses Tate appeal

An autistic teenager who hurled a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern viewing platform carried out a ‘strategic act of violence’ and his life term should not be reduced, the Court of Appeal heard. Jonty Bravery, 19, had ‘scooped’ the French child up and dropped him 100 feet from the tenth floor on August 4 last year. The boy smashed against the wall of the gallery before landing on the fifth floor roof. He suffered serious injuries to his arms,…

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