Man jailed for Kensington Palace trespass

The perpetrator claimed he ‘was a criminal’ during court proceedings.

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00:00A man who twice broke into the grounds of Kensington Palace in the days before Christmas

00:05has been sentenced to 32 weeks in prison.

00:09Derek Egan, who's 39 years old, pleaded guilty to two counts of trespass on a protected site

00:14and when asked why he went to the palace, told the Westminster Magistrates Court that

00:19he is a criminal.

00:21Egan of Hillingdon also breached his bail conditions, which banned him from going back

00:26to the site.

00:26The West London Palace is sometimes home to the Prince and Princess of Wales and their

00:32children.

00:33Deputy Senior District Judge Tan Ikram handed Egan 16 weeks in prison for each trespass offence

00:40and ordered for both terms to be served consecutively.