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Tate Modern Attacker Found Guilty of Assaulting Two Broadmoor Nurses

Sentencing is scheduled for January 8 following a magistrate's request for an updated mental health assessment.

Overview

  • He was convicted in absentia at Westminster Magistrates' Court after refusing to appear by video link.
  • Prosecutors said the September 2024 incident began when he tried to climb a ledge to harm himself after returning from the bathroom.
  • Body-worn camera footage played in court showed staff struggling with him on the floor as colleagues rushed in to assist.
  • Nurse Linda McKinlay suffered bleeding facial scratches and was taken to hospital, while Kate Mastalerz sustained a bruised thigh.
  • Bravery remains in Broadmoor under constant three-person supervision in a sparsely furnished room and has prior convictions for assaults on staff in 2020, in addition to his life sentence for the 2019 Tate Modern attack.