Man pleads guilty to treason in plot to kill Queen
STORY: A man who was caught carrying a loaded crossbow at late Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill the monarch and to an offence under the Treason Act.
21-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail from southern England said, "I am here to kill the queen," when he was arrested.
He was found dressed in black clothing and wearing a hood, metal mask and gloves in the grounds of the castle to the west of London at about 8 a.m. on Christmas Day in 2021.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, who died last September, was at the castle on the day of the incident, along with her son and now King Charles and other close family members.
Prosecutors said that Chail had spent months planning the attack.
Once inside the castle's grounds, he was confronted by a protection officer in an area where the intruder would have access to the private quarters.
The recovered crossbow had the potential to cause serious or fatal injuries.
Chail recorded a video before he entered the castle grounds, which he sent to his phone contacts before his arrest.
In that video, he said, "I am sorry for what I have done and what I will do. I am going to attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, queen of the royal family."
"This is revenge for those who died in the 1919 massacre," Chail added - a reference to when British colonial troops shot nearly 400 Sikhs dead in their holy city of Amritsar in northwestern India.
Indians have long demanded a formal apology from Britain for the massacre.
Prosecutors said electronic devices were also recovered that showed Chail had previously applied to jobs that would bring him closer to the royals.
Appearing on videolink at London's Old Bailey on Friday (February 3), Chail spoke only to confirm his name and enter his guilty pleas.
Chail is the first person in 40 years to be convicted under the 1842 Treason Act.
The judge said he would sentence him on March 31.
相關影片推薦
- 2:24路透拆解華為最新手機 中國國產零件比例增多「自給自足」取得進展Yahoo奇摩(國際通)71,906 次觀看・17 小時前
- 2:05萬華黑幫勢力複雜! 三大傳統角頭各據山頭華視影音3,278 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:05何超蓮慶生同框老公竇驍破婚變 33歲生日願望讓人森77娛樂星聞5,428 次觀看・12 小時前
- 1:49上市公司大股東夫婦遭詐 騙光6千萬養老金東森新聞影音8,200 次觀看・8 小時前
- 2:25科學家發現抹香鯨「溝通密碼」AI分析8700聲音片段揭「拼音字母表」Yahoo奇摩(國際通)24,591 次觀看・17 小時前
- 1:37詐了又詐!設局約面交 警逮19歲金髮女車手|#鏡新聞鏡新聞56,039 次觀看・16 小時前
- 1:58獨家》名人堂花園飯店易主 員工爆飯店逼簽延付薪資同意書東森新聞影音2,498 次觀看・8 小時前
- 1:05Winter說自己好累哥哥暖心安慰 爸爸引用房時爀「把aespa踩在腳下」名言網友笑翻娛樂星聞8,096 次觀看・22 小時前
- 0:50北部最美大藥頭落網! 開400萬賓士趴趴走運毒東森新聞影音4,644 次觀看・8 小時前
- 1:41獨家》父開車載兒遇「警抓逃犯」 預判追捕路線攔截幫逮東森新聞影音6,719 次觀看・8 小時前