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British man who threatened to assassinate deceased pleads guilty Queen Elizabeth II upon Christmas In 2021, police said.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, pleaded guilty to three charges, including treason and possession of an assault weapon, at a hearing in London’s Old Bailey Court on Friday following an investigation by the London Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command. pleaded guilty.
According to a police statement, at around 8:10 am on December 25, 2021, two police officers dressed in black and wearing metal masks were spotted on the grounds of Windsor Castle, where the Queen was staying at the time. I found a chaeil.
Chail appeared at trial via video link from Broadmoor A man in a heavily guarded psychiatric hospital was carrying a crossbow “loaded with bolts, unsafe and ready to fire.” “I’m here to kill the Queen,” he told police protection officers before he was arrested, reported the British PA media agency.
Chail was thought to have previously scaled the perimeter of the site with a nylon rope ladder.
He is understood to have sent a video “claiming to assassinate the Queen” to about 20 people.
Chail will be charged on 2 August 2022 and will be sentenced at Old Bailey on 31 March, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police.
“This was a very serious incident,” said Richard Smith, the London Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism commander.
The police statement went on to say that prosecutors alleged that Cheil “had an offense against the British Empire for his past dealings with Indians.”
Investigators added that they found surveillance video that Chail had also visited Windsor Castle on December 23, two days before the incident.
He had previously applied to join the Ministry of Defense Police and Grenadier Guards to get closer to the royal family, PA media reported.
