Teenager who threw child from Tate platform drops prison move bid

Undated handout file photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Jonty Bravery, who threw a six-year-old boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern.

A teenager who threw a young boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern has abandoned his bid to be moved from prison to hospital, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Jonty Bravery, 19, was jailed in June for throwing the youngster from the 10th-storey balcony of the London art gallery on August 4 last year.