London
CNN
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A British guy has pleaded accountable to threatening to assassinate the overdue Queen Elizabeth II on Christmas Day 2021, police have mentioned.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, pleaded accountable to a few fees, together with treason and ownership of an offensive weapon, at a listening to at London’s Old Bailey courtroom on Friday following an investigation by means of the London Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.
Two officials noticed Chail inside the grounds of Windsor Castle, the place the Queen was once staying on the time, at round 8:10 a.m. on December 25, 2021, dressed in black garments and a steel masks, in keeping with a observation issued by means of the police power.
Chail, who gave the impression on the trial by way of videolink from Broadmoor high-security psychiatric health facility, was once sporting a crossbow “loaded with a bolt, with the safety catch off and ready to fire.” He advised a police coverage officer, “I am here to kill the Queen,” ahead of being arrested, the United Kingdom’s PA Media information company reported.
Chail was once concept to have scaled the fringe of the grounds with a nylon rope ladder previously.
He is known to have despatched a video to about 20 other people “claiming he was going to attempt to assassinate the Queen.”
Chail was once charged with the offenses on August 2, 2022 and is because of be sentenced on the Old Bailey on March 31, in keeping with the Metropolitan Police observation.
London Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command Commander Richard Smith mentioned “this was an extremely serious incident.”
The police observation went on to mention that prosecutors alleged Chail “harbored ill-feeling towards the British Empire for its past treatment of Indian people.”
Detectives discovered by way of surveillance video that Chail had additionally traveled to Windsor Castle two days ahead of the incident on December 23, it added.
He had prior to now carried out to sign up for the Ministry of Defense Police and the Grenadier Guards to get as regards to the royal circle of relatives, PA Media reported.
