Indian-origin man, who threatened to kill Queen Elizabeth, admits to treason
LONDON: An Indian-origin man, who broke into Windsor Castle in 2021 with a loaded crossbow and threatened to kill Queen Elizabeth, has admitted to committing treason, according to New York Post. Jaswant Singh Chail, who was 19 at that time, was stopped at the royal residence on Christmas Day 2021 after which he informed the officers that “he intended to kill the Queen”, according to prosecutors. Chail, who is the first person to be convicted of treason in the UK since 1981, appeared at London’s Old Bailey by video-link Friday from Broadmoor Hospital — a psychiatric facility in England. The now-21-year-old pleaded guilty under the Treason Act 1842 to making a threat to kill the late sovereign, who died at 94 on September 8, as per the report in New York Post. The 1842 Treason Act came into effect after a man aimed a pistol at Queen Victoria during the early years of her reign. Officials said in court Friday that Chail, who previously applied to join the Ministry o...