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A British man has pleaded responsible to threatening to assassinate the late Queen Elizabeth II on Christmas Day 2021, police have stated.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, pleaded responsible to 3 expenses, together with treason and possession of an offensive weapon, at a listening to at London’s Old Bailey courtroom on Friday following an investigation by the London Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.
Two officers noticed Chail inside the grounds of Windsor Castle, the place the Queen was staying on the time, at round 8:10 a.m. on December 25, 2021, carrying black garments and a metallic masks, based on an announcement issued by the police drive.
Chail, who appeared on the trial by way of videolink from Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital, was carrying a crossbow “loaded with a bolt, with the safety catch off and ready to fire.” He instructed a police safety officer, “I am here to kill the Queen,” earlier than being arrested, the UK’s PA Media news company reported.
Chail was thought to have scaled the perimeter of the grounds with a nylon rope ladder beforehand.
He is known to have despatched a video to about 20 folks “claiming he was going to attempt to assassinate the Queen.”
Chail was charged with the offenses on August 2, 2022 and is because of be sentenced on the Old Bailey on March 31, based on the Metropolitan Police assertion.
London Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command Commander Richard Smith stated “this was an extremely serious incident.”
The police assertion went on to say 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 earlier than the incident on December 23, it added.
He had beforehand utilized to hitch the Ministry of Defense Police and the Grenadier Guards to get near the royal household, PA Media reported.
Source: www.cnn.com