Buckingham Palace: Man admits trespassing twice at royal residence

A antheral with a "fixation" connected accessing royal grounds has admitted doubly trespassing astatine Buckingham Palace.

Daniel Brydges, 33, from Portsmouth, entered the grounds of the cardinal London royal residence connected 18 and 22 December past year.

The Queen had been astatine Windsor Castle connected some occasions.

Appearing astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court, helium besides admitted transgression harm to the barbed-wire obstruction that surrounds the property, connected 18 December.

Prosecuting, Sudara Weerasena said information officers had spotted Brydges connected CCTV footage connected 18 December aft helium climbed implicit 1 obstruction and scaled different astatine astir 17:00 GMT.

Police officers tracked him down and arrested him. During a constabulary interrogation astir the incident, Brydges told officers helium was stateless and looking for determination to sleep, she said.

Brydges was bailed connected 19 December connected the information that helium did not effort to participate immoderate royal residences.

However, Ms Weerasena said connected 22 December astatine 13:06 GMT, Brydges again scaled The Royal Mews obstruction and "stooped down a Land Rover", earlier being challenged by a information officer.

"At this constituent helium climbs backmost implicit the obstruction and tries to tally away," she said.

Ms Weerasena said Brydges was chased by the information officer, and aboriginal "claimed helium had gone successful determination to cod a vessel of h2o which helium had dropped".

She said: "The 2nd offence was committed portion helium was connected bail. He was fixed wide conditions not to participate that area."

Brydges, of Laburnum Grove, Portsmouth, was bailed until his sentencing astatine the aforesaid tribunal connected 9 November.