A self-styled “assassin” who was encouraged by an AI chatbot to break into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to kill the late Queen has been locked up for nine years.
He was armed with a powerful crossbow with the safety catch off which was capable of firing bolts with “lethal” effect, the Old Bailey was told. The judge said: “The defendant harboured homicidal thoughts which he acted on before he became psychotic.Chail, who wore black combat trousers and a black shirt, looked up to his family in the public gallery of Court One as he was sent down.Previously, prosecutor Alison Morgan KC said the “heart of the issue” was whether Chail was suffering from auditory hallucinations at the time “taking away his ability to exercise self control”.
The defendant, from Southampton, Hampshire, was born in the UK of Indian Sikh heritage and has a twin sister. “His thinking was informed partly by the fantasy world of Star Wars and the role of Sith Lords in shaping the world. He was attracted to the notoriety that would accrue in the event of the completion of his ‘mission’.”He made internet searches on “Sandringham Christmas” and carried out research before buying a Supersonic crossbow in November 2021.