He wanted to kill the queen
The Windsor burglar has to go to prison
Queen Elizabeth II was scheduled to be killed on Christmas 2021.
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The young Brit who entered the grounds of Windsor Castle in 2021 with a plan to kill the Queen must go to prison.
Jaswant Singh Chail was sentenced to nine years in prison at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, as the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Thursday evening. The 21-year-old Southampton man will split his sentence between a mental health facility and prison and will be on probation for five years after his release. On Christmas Day 2021, the convict entered the grounds of Windsor Castle to kill Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022).
“Chail had been planning his actions for several months and until shortly before his arrest it was clear that he intended to seriously harm or kill the Queen,” Commander Dominic Murphy of the police counter-terrorism command said in the statement. “The professionalism, skill and bravery shown by the officers in confronting a masked man armed with a crossbow was exemplary. The fact that no one was harmed is due to the way in which “How they handled the situation. It could easily have happened that someone was seriously injured or worse,” he also praised his colleagues involved in the operation.
He continued: “An extremely thorough investigation was carried out following Chail’s arrest and the extensive evidence collected by investigators has led to his conviction for these very serious offences.”
Arrest on Christmas morning on the castle grounds
On December 25, 2021, Chail was arrested at around 8 a.m. on the grounds of Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth and members of the royal family, including the current King Charles III, were staying. (74) and Queen Camilla (76), who spent the festive season. The intruder was wearing a metal mask, black clothing and was carrying a loaded crossbow. It is believed that he climbed over the walls of the old castle using a rope ladder, as “CNN” reported. According to the broadcaster, he told officers: “I’m here to kill the queen” before he was arrested.
Chail was detained under the Mental Health Act and the Met’s Counter-Terrorism Command took charge of the investigation. In Thursday’s statement, police also said he had circulated a video shortly before his arrest. In it he revealed his intention to harm Queen Elizabeth and claimed to have thoroughly planned the attack.
“The evidence seized by officials showed that he was resentful of the British Empire for its past treatment of the Indian people, and his plan to kill the Queen was driven by his desire to target a symbol of the Empire – the monarchy the Met Police said. Authorities added that Chail had previously applied to the armed forces to potentially gain access to the royal family.
The intruder was charged in August 2022 with threats to kill, possession of an offensive weapon and an offense under Section 2 of the Treason Act 1842. He pleaded guilty to all three charges at the Central Criminal Court, known as the Old Bailey, in February. The New York Times reportedthat this was the first conviction under the Treason Act in more than 40 years.
Corona Christmas at Windsor Castle
Like millions of others, Queen Elizabeth has had to rethink her vacation plans in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. She skipped her Sandringham country estate in Norfolk, where she normally stayed over the Christmas holidays, and instead celebrated at Windsor Castle when the Omicron variant was rampant.
On September 8, 2022, the Queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland at the age of 96, a few hours after her doctors said they were “concerned about her health.” The cause of death was later given as her “old age”.