Man accused of turning up at Windsor Castle with crossbow will go on trial charged under Treason Act
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Man charged with appearing at Windsor Castle with a crossbow that threatened to kill the Queen faces trial next year under the Treason Act of 1842
- Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, charged with intent to injure or alarm the Queen
- He was arrested on Christmas Day last year in the grounds of Windsor Castle
- Chail wore a black jacket over a black hoodie and appeared via video link
- He was supposed to make pleas, but the hearing has been postponed to December
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A man accused of appearing at Windsor Castle armed with a loaded crossbow and threatening to kill the Queen is on trial next March.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, was charged with intending to injure or alarm the Queen under the Treason Act after being arrested in the grounds of the castle on Christmas Day last year.
The Queen had celebrated Christmas at the royal residence before her tribute to the late husband Philip was broadcast to the nation.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and the Earl and Countess of Wessex would have lunch with her.
Chail appeared at the Old Bailey today charged with intending to injure or alarm the Queen under the Treason Act of 1842, threatening to kill and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, namely a crossbow.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, was charged with intending to injure or alarm the Queen under the Treason Act after being arrested in the grounds of the castle on Christmas Day last year.
Wearing a black jacket over a black hoodie, he appeared via a video link and spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth.
He was due to plead today, but the hearing has been postponed to a December date that has not yet been set.
Chail, from Southampton, Hampshire, was held in custody. Justice Sweeney has set the two- to three-week trial for March 20 next year.
The first charge, under Section Two of the Act, alleges that Chail intended to “fire, aim, aim or present any firearm to the Sovereign with intent to injure or alarm the Sovereign or to break the public peace’.
The Queen had celebrated Christmas at the royal residence (pictured) before her tribute to late husband Philip was broadcast to the nation
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, as well as the Earl and Countess of Wessex, would have lunch with her.
The indictment alleges that on Christmas Day 2021 in Windsor Castle, he “deliberately presented to or near the person of Queen Elizabeth the second weapons, namely a crossbow, with the intent of injuring the Queen or breaking public peace,” or by which the public peace may be endangered, or with the intent of alarming Her Majesty.’
The second charge alleges that Chail was in possession of an assault weapon, a loaded crossbow, at Windsor Castle.
The third count alleges that Chahil “made without legitimate excuse a threat to Kashmir Chail and other persons to kill another person, namely Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, with the intention that Kashmir Chail and other persons would fear that the said threat would be carried out .’
Chail faces intention to injure or alarm the Queen under the Treason Act 1842, making threats to kill and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.