A man has been arrested in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, the home of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, after scaling a perimeter wall, London police said.
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Police said the man was detained in the palace’s grounds on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site shortly after 8.30 p.m. (1930 GMT) on Wednesday, seven minutes after an alarm was activated.
The savage killer, who was convicted of murder in 1992, cut his hand on barbed wire as he clambered over the wall – which is around 10ft high.
While he was being arrested Hennessy asked “is Ma’am in?” – using a term for the queen, the AP said.
In an interview with police, he said he had walked through the garden to enjoy the view.
Dennis Hennessy, of Wembley, pleaded guilty to one count of trespass on a protected site and one count of criminal damage when he appeared in court on Friday.
“It’s an aggravating factor that the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of York were in residence”.
Defence solicitor Sikander Choudry said: “There was a tree where had got a leg up from and he climbed into the palace gardens”.
“Hennessy became angry and attacked him with an iron bar, fracturing his skull into small pieces”. Hennessy also stamped on his victim’s head.
He was convicted in 1993 at the Old Bailey and released from prison in 2002.
Yesterday’s security breach is the latest in a series of incidents over recent years. Aside from the Fagan intrusion, Parry’s stint remains one of the biggest breaches of Palace security in recent history. “The Buckingham Palace gardens are large at around 37 acres, so to locate and apprehend the intruder within seven minutes is very good”.
They have both been told about the incident. He was found at about 22:20 BST in a room which was open to the public in the daytime.
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