A person who was arrested on Friday evening in Westminster Hall the place the Queen is mendacity in state has been charged with a public order offence.
Police had mentioned “a disturbance” had occurred within the sombre corridor on Friday evening after a member of the general public moved out of the queue of mourners and approached the Queen’s coffin.
A parliament spokesman added that the particular person “moved out of the queue and towards the catafalque (raised platform)” earlier than they had been “removed from the hall and the queue restarted with minimal disruption”.
The incident occurred because the stay feed from inside Westminster Hall lower away for a quick interval.
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On Saturday evening, the Metropolitan Police mentioned in a press release: “A man who was arrested in Westminster Hall on Friday, September 16, has been charged.
“Muhammad Khan, 28, of Barleycorn Way, Tower Hamlets, was charged on Saturday, September 17, with an offence underneath Section 4A of the Public Order Act; behaviour aspiring to trigger alarm, harassment or misery.”
He will seem in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, the identical day because the Queen‘s state funeral.
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Khan is the second particular person to be charged with committing an offence whereas within the queue to see the Queen’s coffin mendacity in state.
A 19-year-old man allegedly uncovered himself and pushed into mourners from behind as they waited within the line at Victoria Tower Gardens on Wednesday.
Adio Adeshine is alleged to have gone into the River Thames in an try to evade police earlier than popping out and being arrested.
He was remanded in custody on Friday after showing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of breaching a sexual hurt prevention order.
Source: information.sky.com”