A person who grabbed the flag on Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin has been despatched to a psychological well being centre for therapy.
Muhammad Khan 28, was tackled to the bottom by police after he seized the royal commonplace with each palms at round 9:30pm on Sept 16.
He was instantly pinned to the bottom by officers as stay streaming of the coffin was lower for round quarter-hour.
Louisa Cieciora, deputy district choose, discovered Khan’s actions had brought about misery to members of the general public and despatched him for therapy on the Tower Hamlets Centre for Psychological Well being.
Khan, of Limehouse, had been charged underneath Part 4A of the Public Order Act, alleging he acted with intent to trigger an individual or individuals unknown harassment, alarm or misery.
Adrita Ahmed, prosecuting, informed Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom: “On 16 September 2022 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was mendacity in state in Westminster Corridor, with traces of the general public submitting previous.
Gasps and screams from public
“Muhammed Khan had queued to view the coffin and at 9.45am entered Westminster Corridor, approached the coffin, grabbed the royal commonplace and pulled it upward.”
Cops stated they heard gasps and screams from the general public.
In a police interview Khan “expressed the concept the Queen will not be useless and that he approached the coffin as a result of he wished to examine for himself.
“He did say, and this was previous to the state funeral…that he was contemplating going to the funeral.
“He deliberate to jot down to the Royal household,” the prosecutor stated.
“If they didn’t reply he deliberate to go to Windsor Fortress, Buckingham Palace and Balmoral to go and communicate to the Queen.”
Rakesh Bhasin, defending, stated it was not clear whether or not the gasps and screams had been attributable to Khan approaching the coffin or by the cops apprehending him.
He stated there was no proof that anybody had been brought about important hurt or misery.