The young Briton accused of throwing a six-year-old French boy from the top of the Tate Modern Museum in London in early August, the seriously wounded, pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Friday in British justice. Shaggy hair and beards, Jonty Bravery, 18 (17 at the time of the facts), appeared by videoconference before the Criminal Court of Old Bailey in the British capital. The judgment is due on February 17 and new psychological expertise must be conducted by then, said the judge.
The child, who was visiting London with his family at the time of the tragedy, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and multiple fractures, to the spine, legs and arms, after falling from a 10th floor observation deck. modern Art Museum. He had landed on a roof of the fifth floor, about thirty meters below. The Tate Modern, a modern art museum on the banks of the Thames, is one of the most visited tourist spots in the UK. The observation platform is located in an extension added in 2016 to the building, an old power station.