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Student Arrested for Egging King Charles Banned from Carrying Eggs

Student Arrested for Egging King Charles Banned from Carrying Eggs
Politics

Student Arrested for Egging King Charles Banned from Carrying Eggs

Student Arrested for Egging King Charles Banned from Carrying Eggs

The student who was arrested for throwing eggs at King Charles, Patrick Thelwell, has spoken out about his arrest and disclosed that he has been banned from carrying eggs in public as part of his bail conditions.

In addition to this, the 23-year-old can no longer be within 500 meters of the king.

Thelwell was arrested in York on Wednesday after eggs were thrown at the King and Queen Consort.

The royal couple were being welcomed to the city by leaders when three eggs were thrown but managed to miss the pair.

In an update on Thursday morning, North Yorkshire Police said: "Yesterday, we arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of a public order offence during the Royal visit."

"The man has been interviewed and released on police bail."

"He was detained following an incident which occurred as King Charles III and the Queen Consort arrived at Micklegate Bar in York yesterday."

When speaking to the Mirror, Thelwell described his bail conditions as "amusing".

He further claimed that the bail conditions regarding handling eggs in public had to be  altered so he could go grocery shopping.

The University of York student was charged with Section 4 public order offence and is due in court on December 1st.

Explaining what happened, Thelwell told the paper: "People (the public) were kicking me of course they were. I challenged the very core of their identity."

"The police tried to stop me saying what I was saying. They held my mouth shut, they had their thumbs in my eyes."

"All of which would make some readers say good."

"They kneed me repeatedly in the side."

"But once I got to the station they gave me Pot Noodles."

"I was let out at 10pm so it wasn't that bad really. My friends were waiting for me. My solicitor was very good," he continued.

"After I was arrested the experience of that crowd, literally screaming and wailing with pure rage."

"Saying that my head should be on a spike, that I should be murdered on the spot."

"It doesn't phase me because I understand what fascism is, what it looks like."

"People were ripping chunks of my hair out, they were spitting at me. People lost their minds."

"It's just so revealing to see when you challenge someone's beliefs in that way, the belief of the superiority of this man's blood."

He also said: "Look at the rhetoric just days after a far-right extremist firebombed a refugee centre. Then you have the Government talking about an invasion."

"I don't believe in borders. I don't believe in nation states. I believe in people."

"I believe in democracy and solidarity with all the world's people who are suffering right now in large part because of conditions created by the British state."

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