The person who was arrested after grabbing the Royal Normal flag draped over the Queen‘s coffin at her mendacity in state did so as a result of ‘he didn’t imagine she was lifeless’.
Muhammad Khan, 28, additionally ‘deliberate to trespass at royal residences’ together with Buckingham Palace, a court docket heard as we speak.
He was allegedly going to put in writing to members of the Royal Household and if he didn’t hear again, he had deliberate to try to go and converse to the Queen himself.
When the 28-year-old was requested what he would do if he was unsuccessful, he revealed to the court docket that he would proceed to trespass for ‘so long as he was dwelling’.
Khan, showing at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom as we speak, left the queue in Westminster Corridor on Friday night time as he rushed on the coffin whereas the late monarch was mendacity in state.
The court docket heard that he was affected by delusions and believes that King Charles has one thing to do with the Queen’s loss of life.
The reside feed which was exhibiting the 1000’s of mourners submitting by way of Westminster Corridor was briefly lower away as the person was tackled to the bottom by cops.
Khan was arrested on the scene and appeared at court docket as we speak, charged beneath Part 4A of the Public Order Act.
Prosecutor Luke Staton mentioned that Khan was amongst 250,000 mourners who filed by way of the corridor between 5pm Wednesday till early Monday morning as members of the general public travelled from far and extensive to pay their respects to the Queen earlier than her State funeral.
Muhammad Khan, 28, approached the Queen’s coffin as a result of he didn’t imagine she was lifeless, a court docket heard. Officers rapidly detained him throughout his try
A video seize posted to Twitter reveals the second of the incident at Westminster Corridor. Law enforcement officials are tackling the person, circled, as he lifts the Royal Normal off the Queen’s coffin
‘The defendant had reached Westminster Corridor. He was then seen by officers, who had been current, to method the coffin,’ he mentioned.
‘He stepped off the carpet within the route of the catafalque, then grabbed maintain of the Royal Normal flag draped over the coffin with each of his fingers.’
The court docket heard that Khan was rapidly detained, arrested and interviewed by police.
‘The defendant did categorical the concept the Queen will not be lifeless and that he approached the coffin as a result of he wished to examine for himself,’ mentioned Mr Staton.
‘He did say, previous to the state funeral, he was planning on going to the funeral.
‘He deliberate to put in writing to the royal household and if they didn’t reply he deliberate to go to Windsor Fort, Buckingham Palace and Balmoral to attempt to converse to the Queen.’
The Queen had been mendacity in state at Westminster Corridor as round 250,000 mourners filed previous
Members of the general public file previous the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II earlier than her funeral on Monday
The court docket heard Khan mentioned if he was unsuccessful: ‘I must trespass with a view to try to make contact,’ and when requested what number of occasions he would strive, replied: ‘So long as I am dwelling.’
District Choose Michael Snow didn’t ask Khan, who was not represented by a lawyer, after medical doctors had assessed him as not match to participate in proceedings.
The court docket heard he was affected by delusions and the choose informed him: ‘On the time if you had been in Westminster you did not settle for that the Queen was lifeless and that was the explanation you had been transferring in the direction of the coffin to fulfill your self that she was.’
He added: ‘He’s delusional nonetheless and thinks the Queen will not be lifeless, thinks King Charles has one thing to do with it and should go to Windsor Fort to pay his respects but additionally as a result of he nonetheless thinks she is alive.’
Khan spoke to substantiate his title, date of start and that he was staying at a buddy’s tackle in Wooden Inexperienced, north London, in the course of the listening to.
The choose granted him bail on situation he stays in an east London psychological well being hospital till his subsequent look on the identical court docket on October 18.
Khan appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom as we speak the place it was heard that he additionally deliberate to trespass at royal residences to try to converse to the Queen
It comes after Mark Hague, 52, admitted a cost beneath Part 5 of the Public Order Act on Monday after he was escorted from the queue in Victoria Tower Gardens on Saturday morning.
A mourner raised the alarm after Hague was heard to say: ‘I’ll inform her to get out of her f****** coffin as a result of she’s not lifeless.’
Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom heard Hague was arrested after he turned abusive to cops and members of the general public as he was led away from the scene.
Hague was fined £120, which was deemed served due to the time he had spent in custody, however fined an extra £120 as he was the topic of a conditional discharge for a earlier assault on an emergency employee.
Final week, Adio Adeshine, 19, was remanded in custody charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of breaching a sexual hurt prevention order.
He allegedly uncovered himself and pushed into mourners from behind as they waited within the line at Victoria Tower Gardens on Wednesday.
Adeshine is alleged to have gone into the River Thames in an try and evade police earlier than popping out and being arrested.
