Liable to be returned to custody. Jaswant singh chail, on counts one, the sentence is one of 44 months in prison. On counts to the sentence is one of 16 months in prison. On counts three, the sentence is one of 48 months imprisonment, with an extended licence period of five years. The total sentences amounted to nine years custody with a further licence period of five years. The defendant may go down. We licence period of five years. The defendant may go down. We are ust leavin the defendant may go down. We are ust leaving the courtroom, i defendant may go down. We are ust leaving the courtroom, Court I Defendant May go down. We are just leaving the courtroom, court room i leaving the courtroom, Court Room One at the old bailey, where we have been listening to the sentencing of Jaswant Singh chail, who pleaded guilty for treason, to treason. Mr Justice Hillyard summing up the case as you can hear going into a lot of detail. We heard thatjaswant as you can hear going into a lot of detai
Through the background of the case. Yes, so, as you say, that sentencing about to get under way in the next few moments in front of Mrjustice Hillier Inside Cut number one inside the central criminal court. Lets take it back to Christmas Morning in 2021. At about 8 10am on that day, Jaswant Singh chail, now 21, but he was 19 at the time, was spotted in the grounds of Windsor Castle. So, the grounds of Windsor Castle. So, the late Queen Elizabeth ii was in residence at windsor at the time. He had scaled the perimeter around the castle around two hours earlier. He was wearing a hood and mask and carrying, as you said, a crossbow loaded with a bolt, and it have the safety catch off and was ready to fire. In the grounds of Windsor Castle, quite close to the building itself, he was approached by a Royal Protection officer, who asked him what he was doing, and he said, i am here to kill the queen. He was then handcuffed and arrested. It emerged later he recorded a video four days earlier whi
Then my death is near. Please share this with whoever, and if possible, get it to the news if they are interested. The sending of the message containing the threat to kill the queen is the basis for count three. By the time he sent the video, the defendant must have been in the private part of the grounds of windsor castle. That is to say the area near the royal residence, rather than simply the grounds of windsor park. 0nly rather than simply the grounds of windsor park. Only four minutes later he surrendered himself to the Protection Officer as i have indicated. He was taken into police custody. He was examined by a nurse. He said he had had no Mental Health diagnosis. He did not consider himself to be suicidal. He did not want to kill himself but knew that he would die at the hands of others. He knew that his purpose was to kill the queen and then he would be killed. The nurse recommended that the defendant be detained under section 136 of the Mental Health act 1983, as a person who