Jaswant Singh Chail in Windsor Town Centre on Decem(Image: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire) However, by the time he broke into Windsor Castle ground, he "lost touch with reality" and developed the belief he could communicate with Sarai and be reunited with her in death, the judge said. He was also found to be "culpable to a significant degree" when he applied unsuccessfully to join the Ministry of Defence Police and Grenadier Guards because he "wanted to get close to the royal family", the judge added. The court head how Chail even attempted purchasing a gun through the dark web. “His intention was not just to harm or alarm the sovereign – but to kill her.” Previously, prosecutor Alison Morgan KC said the 'heart of the issue' was whether Chail was suffering from auditory hallucinations at the time "taking awaken his ability to exercise self-control".īut, Mr Justice Hilliard found Chail was inspired by a sense of "injustice" and formed the intention to kill the Queen, bought equipment, and carried out research before he became mentally unwell. The judge said: “The defendant harboured homicidal thoughts which he acted on before he became psychotic. In a televised hearing at the Old Bailey, Mr Justice Hilliard jailed him to nine years with an additional five years on extended licence. Chail pleaded guilty to an offence under the Treason Act, making a threat to kill the then-queen and possessing a loaded crossbow in a public place. He was armed with a crossbow that had the safety catch switched off and was capable of firing bolts with "lethal" effect, the Old Bailey heard. Jaswant Singh Chail at Windsor Railway Station on Decem(Image: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire) Read more: Their promises have been broken. Read more: Greater Manchester Police detective appears in court charged with sex offences against a woman He had scaled the perimeter of the castle with a nylon rope ladder and was on the grounds for two hours before being confronted by two officers with tasers. In a journal, he wrote that if the Queen was 'unobtainable' he would instead "go for" the prince as a "suitable figurehead".Ĭhail was detained on Christmas Day 2021, close to the late Queen's private Berkshire residence, where she and other members of the royal family were staying at the time. Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, a Star Wars fan who described himself as a "Sith" and "Darth Chailus" in one video, confided his murderous plot to an artificial intelligence-generated 'girlfriend' called Sarai, a court heard. A man who was encouraged by an AI chatbot to break into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to try and kill the Queen has been jailed for nine years.
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