LONDON: A man arrested following a security breach at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday has been bailed to return to a central...
LONDON: A man arrested following a security breach at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday has been bailed to return to a central London police station in late August.
According to a statement issued by the Metropolitan Police, at approximately 04:15hrs on Tuesday, 9 August officers arrested a 22-year-old from Croydon on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site (contrary to section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005) after he climbed over a security fence at Buckingham Palace.
The individual was picked up by officers monitoring CCTV and was arrested within a security perimeter.
The man, who had been drinking, did not gain access to the palace andwas not armed. No taser was deployed by officers and thebreach wasnot believed to be terrorism-related, the statement concluded.