		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="111265417"
		 data-section="2">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div><p>A teenager has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was allegedly thrown from a viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery.</p>
<p>The 17-year-old boy appeared at Bromley Youth Court on Tuesday accused of trying to kill the child, who is a French national.</p>
<p><!--Ads1--></p>
<p>The youngster was airlifted to hospital after he was found on a fifth-floor roof at the gallery on Sunday afternoon.</p>
<figure id="attachment_137846" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-137846" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-137846" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DF9E8E41-530B-40E9-A3EE-571712188FB8.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-137846" class="wp-caption-text">A general view of Tate Modern art gallery</figcaption></figure>
<p>The court heard the child sustained a bleed on the brain and fractures to his spine, legs and arms in the incident.</p>
<p>The child, who is in a stable but critical condition, had plummeted five storeys after allegedly being thrown from the 10th floor viewing platform.</p>
<p>The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, wore a grey jumper and spoke to confirm his name, address, date of birth and nationality as British at the short court hearing.</p>
<figure id="attachment_137847" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-137847" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-137847" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/F72A33ED-CACA-4B94-8767-E6C8DEC2E6BE.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="371" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-137847" class="wp-caption-text">The teenager will next appear at the Old Bailey</figcaption></figure>
<p>The teenager, who appeared in the dock, was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Thursday.</p>
<p>Scotland Yard has said there is no link between the suspect and the victim.</p>
<p><!--Ads2--></p>
<p>Officers were called to the gallery at around 2.40pm and the child was treated at the scene before being flown to hospital by London’s Air Ambulance.</p>
<p>The Tate Modern was the UK’s most popular tourist attraction in 2018 after being visited 5.9 million times, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions.</p>
<p><!--Ads4--></p>
			<div style="padding-bottom:15px;" class="wordads-tag" data-slot-type="belowpost">
				<div id="atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed14801e2d9">
					<script type="text/javascript">
						window.getAdSnippetCallback = function () {
							if ( false === ( window.isWatlV1 ?? false ) ) {
								// Use Aditude scripts.
								window.tudeMappings = window.tudeMappings || [];
								window.tudeMappings.push( {
									divId: 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed14801e2d9',
									format: 'belowpost',
								} );
							}
						}

						if ( document.readyState === 'loading' ) {
							document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', window.getAdSnippetCallback );
						} else {
							window.getAdSnippetCallback();
						}
					</script>
				</div>
			</div>
Discover more from London Glossy Post
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
