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A French boy who was thrown 100ft from a balcony in the Tate Modern has left hospital 'with a smile' after getting further treatment. The young child, then aged six, received life-changing injuries when he was hurled from the 10th floor of the building by disturbed teenager Jonty Bravery in 2019.Despite miraculously surviving the fall, which happened on a family holiday, the boy suffered a brain bleed and broken bones. But now, almost seven years on from the attack, the child has been again discharged from the hospital with 'a smile back on his face', his family said.An updated statement posted by his parents on GoFundMe read: 'We wanted to let you know that our little knight has finally left the hospital!'His hospital stay was kept as short as possible because, despite our daily presence and encouragement, our son was becoming deeply disheartened and kept asking when he could go back to class and see his friends.'It was a great joy for him to return to school shortly before the summer holidays; since the lessons were well-tailored to his needs and challenges, he was able to start learning again, and reuniting with his teachers and classmates put a smile back on his face.'The fundraiser was set up by nurse Vicky Diplacto, from Surrey, whose brother was paralysed in an incident abroad. The Tate Modern in Southwark, South London, where the French boy was thrown from the balcony The boy whom Jonty Bravery (pictured) attacked at the Tate Modern gallery in 2019 has finally left the hospitalSo far the crowdfunding initiative has raised more than £500,000 which aims to cover the injured boy's medical costs.The boy continues to undergo intensive rehabilitation, including physiotherapy, speech therapy and neuropsychology.To celebrate the end of his hospital treatment, his family are treating him to a tandem paragliding flight, and a seaside getaway with friends.He also plans to resume his adaptive swimming lessons along with maths tutoring to catch up on the school he has missed.His family said: 'It will certainly be a busy summer. We are going to try to fully recharge his batteries (and our own) before the start of the school year, and to get back to a family routine as normal as possible.'Bravery, now 24, was in supported accommodation at the time of the attack but was allowed to leave unsupervised.On the day of the attack at the London attraction, he intended to find and kill someone, a court was previously told. Then aged 17, Bravery was jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years in 2020 after pleading guilty to manslaughter over the incident. He is currently being held at Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric hospital in Berkshire. Earlier this year, Bravery appeared in court where he was jailed for 16 weeks for assaulting two nurses at Broadmoor in September 2024.In 2020, he was given a 14-week jail sentence after admitting to attacking staff at the same hospital.
