Jaswant Singh Chail, the man who plotted to kill Queen Elizabeth on Christmas at Windsor Castle in 2021, has been sentenced — inside the latest from the Metropolitan Police.
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“Chail had been planning his actions for several months, and up until shortly before his arrest, his intent to cause serious harm to or kill the Queen was clear,” Commander Dominic Murphy of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command said in the statement. “The professionalism, skill and bravery that the officers demonstrated as they confronted a masked man armed with a crossbow was exemplary. The fact that nobody came to any harm was down to the way they handled the situation.
“Evidence recovered by officers showed that he harboured ill-feeling towards the British Empire for its past treatment of Indian people, and his plan to kill the Queen was driven by his desire to target a symbol of the empire — the Monarchy,” the Met Police said.Authorities added that Chail had previously applied to join the Armed Forces as a potential means of gaining access to the royal family.
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