During the trial, Lewis Allington, 34, admitted that he went to Parliament in London with armor and samurai swords to “speak to Boris Johnson.” This was reported by the Telegraph newspaper on November 14.
Allington appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with possession of two bladed weapons.
Fiscal Malachi Pakenham He explained that the defendant in the criminal case arrived in London on November 12, put on a bulletproof vest and went to parliament “with two samurai swords, asking for a meeting with Boris Johnson.”
Allington’s lawyer told the district judge that the defendant “had no intention of harming anyone with the weapon.”
The judge sent the case to Southwark Crown Court for a hearing and preparation for trial on December 12. She informed the defendant that he would be released on bail on the condition that he remain in a facility based on the results of a mental health evaluation. He added that Allington is prohibited from entering London, Izvestia clarifies.
