NEW DELHI: A man who had threatened to kill Queen Elizabeth as revenge for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, has been detained for nine years under the Treason Act making threats against the late monarch, Reuters reported.
The 21-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail was arrested with a loaded crossbow at Windsor Castle around 8am on Christmas Day in 2021.
Dressed in a black hood, metal mask and gloves Chail had said, “I am here to kill the queen”.
In a video recorded before the incident, Chail said, “I am sorry for what I have done and what I will do. I am going to attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, queen of the royal family.”
“I am sorry for what I have done and what I will do. I am going to attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, queen of the royal family,” referring to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Elizabeth, now dead, was present at the castle that day along with the present king Charles and other family members.
Chail made an appearance on Thursday at London’s Old Bailey, where judge Nicholas Hilliard ruled that he should first be held in the high security psychiatric hospital at Broadmoor before being transferred to a jail “when he has received the treatment he needs.”
Acknowledging that Chail had “lost touch with reality such that he had become psychotic”, the judge said that his guilt for his crimes was significant.
“He had conceived of killing the queen early in 2021 when he was not psychotic. He took steps to try and get closer to his target and learn useful skills when, again, he was not psychotic,” the judge said.
Chail became the first individual to be convicted of treason in forty years after pleading guilty to three accusations- making threats to kill, possessing an offensive weapon, and an offense under the 1842 Treason Act.
A Star Wars fanatic
Obsessed with Star Wars, Chail fantasised of becoming “Darth Chailus,” a Sith lord character from the film series.
Additionally, he sent thousands of sexually explicit messages to Sarai, an AI chatbot, asking her to assist him in deciding whether or not to carry out the attack.
The “Supersonic X-bow” crossbow that was discovered was capable of discharging a bolt that could seriously harm or even kill a person, reported Reuters.
The 21-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail was arrested with a loaded crossbow at Windsor Castle around 8am on Christmas Day in 2021.
Dressed in a black hood, metal mask and gloves Chail had said, “I am here to kill the queen”.
In a video recorded before the incident, Chail said, “I am sorry for what I have done and what I will do. I am going to attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, queen of the royal family.”
“I am sorry for what I have done and what I will do. I am going to attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, queen of the royal family,” referring to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Elizabeth, now dead, was present at the castle that day along with the present king Charles and other family members.
Chail made an appearance on Thursday at London’s Old Bailey, where judge Nicholas Hilliard ruled that he should first be held in the high security psychiatric hospital at Broadmoor before being transferred to a jail “when he has received the treatment he needs.”
Acknowledging that Chail had “lost touch with reality such that he had become psychotic”, the judge said that his guilt for his crimes was significant.
“He had conceived of killing the queen early in 2021 when he was not psychotic. He took steps to try and get closer to his target and learn useful skills when, again, he was not psychotic,” the judge said.
Chail became the first individual to be convicted of treason in forty years after pleading guilty to three accusations- making threats to kill, possessing an offensive weapon, and an offense under the 1842 Treason Act.
A Star Wars fanatic
Obsessed with Star Wars, Chail fantasised of becoming “Darth Chailus,” a Sith lord character from the film series.
Additionally, he sent thousands of sexually explicit messages to Sarai, an AI chatbot, asking her to assist him in deciding whether or not to carry out the attack.
The “Supersonic X-bow” crossbow that was discovered was capable of discharging a bolt that could seriously harm or even kill a person, reported Reuters.