A London judge has sentenced a teenager to at least 15 years in prison for throwing a young French boy from a balcony at the Tate Modern art gallery last summer, telling him "you can never be released". .
The boy, a 6-year-old tourist at the time, was hospitalized with "catastrophic injuries" following the August 4th incident, which occurred on the 10th floor of the museum.
Jonty Bravery, from London, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the Old Bailey court in London in December, saying he threw the child from a balcony in August with the intent to kill him so he could get out. in the news.
The boy survived, but suffered from a change in health as a result of falling from a great height, including bleeding in the brain and a significant number of broken bones. In a statement read Friday, the boy's parents said he is still in a wheelchair, with "many years of physical therapy waiting for him."
â??You intended to kill someone that day,â? the judge said. "The injuries you've caused are horrible. That little boy has suffered permanent injuries that have changed his life."
The 18-year-old is said to have had an autism spectrum disorder and a personality disorder.
It was revealed that Bravery checked online the day before the attack "for information about killing people and what effect autism would have on sentences".
"You've also done similar research for many months before. You've investigated different methods of killing," McGowan said.
"The act committed by this individual against our son is indescribable. Words cannot express the horror and fear that his actions have brought upon us and our son, who is now wondering why he is in the hospital. How can he?" Explain to a child that someone tried to kill him on purpose? "- The boy's parents said in a statement read by Melanie Pressley, the detective inspector with the Metropolitan Police Serious Crimes Command, outside" Bailey Old ".
