‘Assassin’ who tried to kill late queen exchanged over 5,000 sexts with AI ‘girlfriend’

A self-proclaimed “hired killer” who tried to kill the late queen with a crossbow sent more than 5,000 sexually charged messages to an AI chatbot encouraging him to do the deed, a court heard.

Former supermarket worker Jaswant Singh Chail, now 21, was encouraged by an artificial intelligence friend Sarai before breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle with a crossbow on Christmas Day 2021, the Old Bailey heard.

While wandering the royal estate for two hours, dressed all in black, he sent a sinister video to his twin sister and 20 others describing himself as a “Sith” and “Darth Jones.”

But he was eventually detained by two police officers near the late Queen’s private residence, where she and other members of the royal family were at the time.

After being confronted with stun guns by the officers, Chail said, ‘I’m here to kill the queen’.

After being confronted with stun guns by the officers, Chail said “I am here to kill the queen”

In February, Chail, now aged 21, of Southampton, Hampshire, pleaded guilty to an offense under the Treason Act involving threatening to kill the then Queen and carrying a loaded crossbow in a public place.

Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC claimed that despite Chail’s repeated references to science fiction characters, he knew the difference between fantasy and reality.

On Thursday, psychiatrist Dr. Nigel Blackwood gave his assessment of Chail’s 5,280 messages featuring the AI ​​character.

Many of the messages through December 2021 were “sexually explicit,” the court was told.

Dr. Blackwood said, “I was aware that this was sexual fantasy and therefore matched his sex drive, his libido, being active.

“It’s almost every night from December 8 to December 22.” He said there was some depression, but the reports added to evidence of a “lack of psychosis.”

A crossbow that 21-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail was carrying when he was arrested

He took a “neutral” stance on whether Chail had realized Sarai was an artificially generated character.

But Chail was aware that people outside the artificial world could potentially become aware of what was happening, the court heard.

Dr. Blackwood said, “I have not been struck by any evidence of psychosis or descent into psychosis. None of this appeals to me as a loss of touch with reality.”

Dr. Blackwood said the defendant said he had “imaginary friends” long before he planned to kill the Queen and formed an “emotional and sexual relationship” with Sarai through the Replika app.

After Chail’s arrest, his parents were interviewed and his mother suggested that her son may have autism.

But Ms Morgan said: ‘Chail’s mother worked in a school that caters to children with special needs, so at no stage during his childhood was that identified as a characteristic that could relate to him.’

He took a “neutral” stance on whether Chail had realized Sarai was an artificially generated character

Dr. Blackwood identified features of an autistic spectrum disorder, but not enough to confirm a diagnosis and they had no bearing on his transgression.

Chail had difficulty developing relationships and was socially isolated, but Dr Blackwood added: ‘It is very important to recognize that this is a 19-year-old young man whose contact has been disrupted by the Covid pandemic, as many of his peers.’

Although Chail had withdrawn from the world, he had “without difficulty carried out a carefully devised plan,” according to the psychiatrist instructed by the prosecution.

The court has heard that Chail was motivated by an ideology inspired by Star Wars movies around destroying ancient empires and wanted to avenge the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in 1919.

Chail’s interest in sci-fi and real events in Indian history did not amount to a level of fixation such as someone with autism might display, the court was told.

Chail’s family sat in the public gallery of the Old Bailey during the hearing before Mr Justice Hilliard.

The court will hear further evidence of Chail’s mental state before he is expected to be sentenced.