This is the teenager who, while awkwardly smiling at the camera for the cameras, was suspected of trying to kill the Queen using a crossbow Christmas Day.
These photos show an affable young man who appears to be a bit more serious than the video Jaswant Chail sent his friends just minutes before he was arrested for climbing a Windsor Castle fence.
His father, Jasbir Singh Chail, 57, a software engineer who runs an IT company from the family’s £500,000 four-bed home on a private estate in the village of North Baddesley, Hampshire, yesterday said something had gone ‘horribly wrong’ with his son.
‘We are trying to figure out what,’ he said.
‘We’ve not had a chance to speak to him but are trying to get him the help he needs. This is an extremely difficult time for us. We are trying to resolve this issue and it’s not easy.’
Photos that appear to depict a friendly and studious young man contrast starkly with the chilling video Jaswant Sing Chail may have sent friends just minutes before his arrest for scaling a Windsor Castle fence.
Jaswant Chail uploaded an unrecorded Snapchat clip at 8:06 am on Christmas Day. It was posted 24 minutes prior to a Windsor Castle man being arrested. The incident has led to a massive internal security review of the estate, which examines how anyone could get so far inside the estate. Chail was pictured now for the first-time.
His father, Jasbir Singh Chail, 57, a software engineer who runs an IT company from the family’s £500,000 four-bed home on a private estate in the village of North Baddesley, Hampshire, yesterday said something had gone ‘horribly wrong’ with his son
Chail’s schoolmates described him as an oddball, who made others laugh by telling inappropriate jokes.
Video footage shows the 19-year-old, wearing a mask and jacket, shooting a black crossbow towards the camera. This is in revenge of the murders at 1919 Amritsar or Jallianwalabagh by British troops.
In an artificially deep voice that he has digitally distorted, Chail says: ‘If you have received this then my death is near.’
He adds: ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I’ve done and what I will do. I intend to murder Elizabeth, Queen of Royal Family.
“This is revenge for the victims of the 1919 Jallianwalabagh massacre.” It is also revenge for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race.’
Chail’s schoolmates described him as an eccentric person who was always trying to make people laugh by telling inappropriate jokes. One told the Daily Mail last night: ‘He was always a bit odd and quiet most of the time.’
Chail – known to his friends as Jas – is believed to have sent the video to friends on Snapchat at 8.06am on Christmas Day.
The man then used a rope ladder to climb the Cambridge Gate fence at 8.29am. Security officers detained him by 8.30am. He had triggered perimeter alarms, and was spotted on CCTV.
A security source said after accessing the royal estate, the armed invader ‘didn’t know what to do with himself’ and was quickly arrested.
The suspected intruder was just 500 yards from the Queen’s private apartments inside the castle grounds, where the 95-year-old monarch had been having breakfast.
She was informed about the breach and was soon joined by other senior royals, including the Prince and Duchesss of Cornwall, Earl and Countesss of Wessex and the Prince of Wales.
The police have confirmed the discovery of a crossbow after an intruder was held in the castle grounds. While the Queen was present, the Queen delivered the annual Christmas Day speech.
Prince Andrew, accompanied by a protective officer, was seen taking the Long Walk with his Range Rover just minutes after the police arrived to arrest the intruder.
He was taken away from Cambridge Gate. Prince Charles arrived at the estate around 10 a.m. with Camilla.
Christmas Day Intruder, who was declared unfit by doctors to proceed in normal manner, was taken under Mental Health Act Section.
Scotland Yard, who took over investigation from Thames Valley Police Boxing Day owing to serious nature of breach, stated that suspect still in the care and supervision of medical professionals.
Now detectives and doctors examine the odd footage, in which Chail seems to make references to Star Wars villains.
‘I’m an Indian Sikh, a Sith. My name was Jaswant Singh Chail, my name is Darth Jones,’ he says in the video. It is believed that this refers to Jedi knight enemies who abuse the force to their detriment.
The footage shows Chail behind Darth Malgus, an evil Sith Lord Darth.
To find out if the teenager was involved in organised religion, detectives who were investigating Chail’s desire to exact revenge on the massacre of Indian Sikhs over 100 years ago visited several gurdwaras (Sikh temples) across Hampshire. He was not a frequent worshipper, and was therefore unknown at the Temples in Southampton.
Friends said Chail, a former pupil at Toynbee School in Chandler’s Ford, is very close to his twin sister, who achieved top grades at school and is now studying international relations at university.
According to her social media profiles, she shares her brother’s interest in the Star Wars films. A friend said that they were ‘inseparable’ as young children.
A former school friend, who did not want to be named, said: ‘He seemed like a normal lad really.
‘Nothing to distinguish him from anything else. There was one big incident with him getting in a fight with someone but that was back when he was 13.’
Chail’s parents married in Britain in 1993 and have lived in Lancashire and the Midlands before settling in the Hampshire village home they bought for £390,000 in 2015.
Neighbours described the family as ‘quiet but very pleasant’ and said they were shocked to see a huge police presence at the home on Christmas Day.
The breach was the fourth known security incident at Windsor this year, including an invasion from a woman, 44, who was allowed into Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge after claiming she was his fiancee.
Dai Davies was the former head of Royal Protection at Scotland Yard. He said that although he was worried to learn about the involvement in the invasion, the security team did an excellent job in apprehending him so fast.
After an intruder broke into Windsor Castle’s Henry VIII Gate, armed police officers were on duty at Windsor Castle’s Henry VIII Gate to protect them
After the Christmas Day security crisis, after 8am on Christmas Day, armed officers guarded Windsor Castle’s entrances
‘My view is that the police acted as soon as the alarm on the fence was triggered and apprehended him very quickly,’ he said.
‘This was the outer layer of the security onion, there are many more layers of security he would have faced and many more responses ready for him.
‘There are always lessons to be learnt and they will be conducting internal inquiries now to see how any response could have been improved.’
Scotland Yard stated that the man is still under the care of doctors while the details of the incident are fully investigated. ‘Security processes were triggered within moments of the man entering the grounds and he did not enter any buildings,’ it added.
Experts advise that we should increase our security because of the fear.
David Barrett Correspondent Home Affairs
Experts have said security at Windsor should be completely restructured following a string of worrying lapses.
Police were called to perform a complete security audit of the castle’s historic structure and all other Windsor Great Park royal residences.
Sam Armstrong, of counter-terrorism think-tank the Henry Jackson Society, said: ‘It is clearly not geared up to be a primary royal residence.
At this transitional time for the Royal Family, Queen Elizabeth is spending increasingly more time at Windsor. However, the police must now step in and play their part.
Experts last night said that security at Windsor needs to be overhauled after several troubling incidents. Earlier this month a woman was given a talking to by police officers after banging on the window of Prince Andrew’s Range Rover as he drove from his home to go horse riding
‘Windsor presents a new set of challenges in terms of security because of the size of the estate and its semi-rural location on the edge of town.’
Fourth security breach at Windsor in this year’s history was Jaswant Singh Chhail, a crossbow-wielding suspect.
In April a 44-year-old woman was allowed into Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge residence, four miles away from the castle in Windsor Great Park, by claiming she was his fiancee.
The Spanish woman gave her name as ‘Irene Windsor’ and even got security guards to pay her taxi fare before spending 20 minutes wandering the grounds. Later, she was sectioned according to the Mental Health Act.
Later that month, police also arrested a woman aged 29 and a man of 31 for trespassing on the Royal Lodge grounds.
After an intruder entered Windsor Castle’s grounds on Christmas Day, security was increased inside Windsor Castle on Boxing Day
Earlier this month a woman was given a talking to by police officers after banging on the window of Prince Andrew’s Range Rover as he drove from his home to go horse riding.
Ken Wharfe was the ex-bodyguard for Princess Diana and called for a complete security audit at Windsor following the crossbow incident.
‘The Queen’s safety is clearly under threat. It’s often been thought that Windsor is particularly at risk to intruders due to the make-up of the estate and the severity of this event should really cause alarm bells to start ringing,’ he told the Daily Mirror.
‘This individual was caught in time but any system could always be beefed up as any other scenario could be tragic,’ he added.
Retired chief superintendent Dai Davies, the former head of the royal protection unit, said: ‘Windsor is having an issue with intruders and need to get to the bottom of it before something more sinister comes to pass.’
‘I would predict a major review will be needed after this latest incident, which is incredibly worrying, especially as this individual was armed.
‘The next time could always be far worse and that is a huge worry.’
Prince William’s 21st-birthday party was attacked by comedian terrorist
The suspected security breach at Windsor Castle is not here.
Aaron Barschak was a self-described “comedy terrorist” who gained national fame when he crashed Prince William’s birthday party at Windsor.
Barschak donned a pink dress with false hair and a turban that looked like Osama bin Laden during the affair.
Aaron Barschak was a self-described “comedy terrorist” who gained national recognition by hosting William’s 21st anniversary party at Windsor. Barschak donned a pink gown, false beard, and a turban similar to Osama Bin Laden during the event.
After flashing his merkin outside at the crowds, he scaled walls of castle to enter young prince’s party.
Sources told The Guardian at the time that CPS lawyers decided there was ‘insufficient evidence’ to charge Barschak for one or more of four offences – burglary, threatening behaviour, criminal trespass and assault.
The ‘comedy terror’ claimed that his act had made him famous, even though he was not facing any legal action.
LBC News interviewed him and he stated that he no longer speaks to any of his friends. They are far too popular for me. People are always coming to me from the street, and that’s an awful strain.
He was told he would not face any action and the comedian terrorist claimed that his stunt earned him fame
Barschak stated that he had been challenged after breaking into the ground. He was taken to a police station and was then permitted into the party zone after he told what the Met Police considered a credible story.
The incident led to the disciplinary investigations of at least nine officers.
Chief Inspector Mark Goddard was a high ranking officer responsible for security at Windsor. He was removed from his post.