A man has pleaded guilty to an offence under the Treason Act after entering the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day with a loaded crossbow.
It is believed to be the first prosecution under the Treason Act since 1981, when a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fired blank shots at the monarch during a Trooping the Colour ceremony in central London.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, appeared at the Old Bailey on a videolink from Broadmoor high security hospital and pleaded guilty to three offences.
One of those offences, under the Treason Act, involved “attempting to injure or alarm the sovereign.”
Singh also admitted possession of an offensive weapon, namely a loaded crossbow, without “reasonable excuse” and making threats to kill the Queen….