Good evening. A man who broke into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to kill Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day in 2021 has been jailed for 9 years after pleading guilty to treason. Jaswant chail, whos now 21, will initially be kept in custody at broadmoor hospital. He is the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981. Daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. Just a few metres from the queens private apartments, and with his crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment whenJaswant Chail crossbow discarded on the ground, the moment when Jaswant Chail was arrested. Seen here moments later, he had used a rope ladder to get into Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, iam here 2021. When challenged by the armed officers, he said, i am here to kill the queen. Wearing this metal mask inspired by his obsessio
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
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From keith. By the standards of the daily Missile Strikes that ukraine experiences, this one looks especially bleak. We have seen footage posted online by official channels appearing to show several bodies covered in dust in the small village. This is a village with a population of a few hundred. It sits in the North Eastern part of region, 30 kilometres from the front line. It is not uncommon for settlements to come under shelling or Missile Strikes because of their proximity to the front line but this looks like an especially deadly, targeted strike in what would normally be a civilian area. We are told several people are injured, among the 49 killed include a six year boy. You can expect the Rescue Operation to continue for some time, it is a well rehearsed routine for Emergency Teams around ukraine. We have seen russia target cities in the east countless times before but seems be the single biggest loss of life from a Missile Strike we have seen in several months. The strike on the
Became a member of the Royal College of psychiatrists in 1997. He is a consultant forensic psychiatrist. He has a particular interest in neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. He interviewed the defendant for four hours on the 6th of march 2023, and has had access to the other psychiatric reports and records. Professor blackwood concluded that, while the defendant demonstrated some evidence of difficulty in developing relationships, and a degree of fixation in his interests and attraction to routines, he does not meet the required criteria for an autism disorder. He said that in his 18 months after leaving six from couege 18 months after leaving six from college the defendant struggled to establish settled employment and medium term plans for his life. He played socially isolated, lonely, angry and frustrated. His twin sister left to go to university in autumn 2020, and his grandmother died. Professor blackwood does not think that the observations of the defendants family, the