A STUDENT who threw eggs at King Charles before shouting “friends with Jimmy Savile” has been found guilty of threatening behaviour.
Patrick Thelwell shouted “the King is a paedophile” after throwing “at least five” eggs towards Charles during a walkabout in York last year.
The 23-year-old had pleaded not guilty to a Section four public order offence, arguing his use of “low level violence” was “lawful” as it was self defence against “the violence carried out by the British state”.
On Friday Chief Magistrate Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring found the defendant guilty of the charge, saying Thelwell “intended to cause King Charles to believe immediate unlawful violence would be used against him”.
The King and Queen Consort had arrived in the city on November 9 to unveil a statue of the late Queen at York Minster, and were being welcomed by local dignitaries at Micklegate Bar when Thelwell threw five eggs which “came very close to hitting King Charles,” York Magistrates Court heard.
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