A person allegedly caught with a loaded crossbow within the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day stated “I am here to kill the Queen”, a court docket has heard.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, from Southampton, is claimed to have been hooded and masked, with the security catch off his loaded Supersonic X-Bow when he was arrested final 12 months.
Chail instructed a safety officer “I am here to kill the Queen” earlier than he was handcuffed and arrested, prosecutors instructed Westminster Magistrates’ Court.
He has been charged below the Treason Act, and can also be accused of creating threats to kill and possession of an offensive weapon.
Chail appeared at court docket at the moment by way of video hyperlink from Broadmoor psychiatric hospital.
He sat at a desk along with his arms folded and solely spoke to substantiate his title, date of delivery and present deal with.
The court docket heard claims that Chail had beforehand tried to affix the Ministry of Defence police and the Grenadier Guards in an effort to get near the Royal Family.
Prosecutors allege he needed revenge for the therapy of Indians and had despatched a video to about 20 folks claiming he was going to attempt to assassinate the Queen.
Chail is accused of carrying a Supersonic X-Bow weapon, which prosecutor Kathryn Selby stated had the aptitude to trigger “serious or fatal injuries”.
Ms Selby stated the case wasn’t being handled as a terrorism offence however had been handled by the counter-terrorism division.
The defendant was not requested to enter a plea to any of the costs and he was remanded in custody forward of an look on the Old Bailey on 14 September.
Source: information.sky.com”