Christmas of 2021 They were the last of Queen Elizabeth II, passed away in september from last year. However, they weren’t the best of the 95 she lived through either: on Christmas Day, Jaswant Singh Chail, 21 years oldwas arrested at Windsor Castle with a crossbow The scare, in effect, was what it seemed: this Friday Singh Chail declared himself guilty of attempting to kill the late queen.
This has been admitted in the London court of old baileywhere he has appeared by video call, dressed in a black jacket and only spoke to confirm his name and effectively declare his guilt.
Singh Chail, however, had already told the arresting officers at the royal residence that “he intended to kill the Queen.”
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“Chail entered the Windsor Castle protected areas after threatening to kill Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Fortunately, police officers intervened and no one was injured,” said Nick Price, Head of the Special Crimes and Counter-Terrorism Division at the Crown Prosecution Service.
In view of what happened and the evidence, Judge Jeremy Baker has assured that he will rule on March 31 a sentence of guilty of treason and threatening to kill the monarchin addition to possession of weapons.
Singh Chail had been months planning the attack, as concluded by prosecutors in a previous court hearing. In addition, there are several times that the man, who was then 20 years old, said: “I’m here to kill the Queen“.
No doubt the young man was fully aware that Elizabeth II had stayed at Windsor Castle for Christmas instead of spending it at her home. Sandringham Manor, Norfolkas he used to do.
Together with the monarch they were that day the prince of wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the Earl and the countess of wessex and the current King Carlos, among other close relatives.
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crime of 1842
The crime to which Singh Chail has pleaded guilty is rare and falls under the Treason Act of 1842. “Near the Queen, you had violent intent to use a loaded crossbow with the aim of injuring Her Majesty Elizabeth II, alarming her or breaking the peace,” prosecutors accused him.
The last precedent took place in 1981 Marcus Sarjeant, when he was imprisoned for five years under the Treason Act. Sarjeant had fired blank bullets The Queen as she walked through The Mall in London during the Trooping the Color parade.
Queen Elizabeth II passed away in Balmoral on September 8 at the age of 96after 70 years holding the British crown, making her the longest-serving monarch in British history.
