Young man fined for throwing egg towards British King Charles
A 21-year-old man was fined on Friday after he admitted throwing an egg towards King Charles III during a royal walkabout last year. Harry May, 21, of Luton, north of London, was fined £100 ($122) and ordered to pay £85 costs after pleading guilty to a public order offence.
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- Published Date: 04:50 | 13 January 2023
- Modified Date: 04:55 | 13 January 2023
Harry May pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday to a Section 5 public order offence relating to the incident on December 6.
Charles was in Luton to visit its newly-built Guru Nanak Gurdwara and the town hall when May hurled the projectile in his direction as a large crowd flocked to greet him, the court heard.
The egg, which May said was not intended to hit the monarch, flew past Charles and landed on the ground nearby as members of his security ushered him away.
Prosecutor Jason Seetal said police who detained May found a soup tin in his jacket containing a second egg, which he also planned to throw.
When officers interviewed May, he said "he did this because he believed the King visiting a town like Luton, which is a deprived and poor area, was in bad taste and he wanted to make a point of this," Seetal said.
The prosecutor told the court: "There had been a large crowd of members of the public there to greet King Charles III. As he exited a vehicle, he's gone to greet members of the public, shaking hands and having a few brief conversations as he moved along the line.
"Within that crowd that had gone to greet him was Harry May."
May was later confronted by a police officer who asked what he had thrown, to which he replied: "An egg."
He sat in the dock wearing glasses and a navy jacket as his defence lawyer, Alex Benn, told the court he "deeply regrets" his actions.
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