A woman has been charged with being drunk and disorderly after she tried to climb the gates of Buckingham Palace yesterday as crowds gathered to film and jeer at her.
Jessica Davey, 35, of Queen’s Park, west London, was charged today with being drunk and disorderly contrary to Section 91 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
She will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court tomorrow morning.
Police officers ‘observed her climbing the front gates of the palace’ at 5.40pm and rushed to pull her down.
As crowds gathered to capture the incident on camera, two male officers pulled her to the ground, handcuffing her and dragging her into a police car.
Ms Davey, who appeared distressed, was heckled by one onlooker who shouted: ‘Queen and country yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah!
‘F*** yeah!’
Jessica Davey (pictured) was caught trying to scale the gates of Buckingham Palace yesterday evening. She was caught on camera being dragged away by officers
After her unsuccessful attempt, the 35-year-old (pictured), with brown hair and dressed in a black top and blue jeans, was dragged away by two male officers and arrested with trespassing. She has since been charged with being drunk and disorderly
As stunned crowds gathered, they jeered and applauded as the officers pulled her towards a parked police car
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: ‘At 1740hrs on Saturday, 7 October officers in the area of Buckingham Palace observed a woman climbing the front gates of the palace.
‘The woman, believed to be in in her 30s was quickly detained by officers before she gained access to the palace grounds.’
She was arrested on suspicion of trespass under Section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 and was held at a central London police station.
The Met insisted at the time it was not a terror-related incident.
Aidila Razak captured the moment on video. The clip shows two male officers grab Ms Davey as she clings half way up the railings and pull her back down to the ground.
Ms Davey (pictured) was half way up the gates when officers managed to catch her
A video shows two male officers pull Ms Davey back down to the ground as crowds gather to watch and take pictures
A crowd of people gathered, before moving closer to take pictures and videos with their smartphones.
Ms Davey, a brunette, was dressed in blue jeans and black long-sleeved top.
Malaysian journalist Ms Razak claims that ‘the police arrived and cuffed her within seconds’.
Meanwhile in Kensington, west London, police are investigating after a taxi driver drove into crowds of people outside the Natural History Museum this afternoon.
Eleven people were injured after the suspected Uber driver ‘mounted the pavement and mowed down pedestrians’ at 2.20pm.
At 6.19pm in north London Euston Station was evacuated after a passenger reported some ‘suspicious activity’.
Crowds of people ran out of the station in panic but it was declared a false alarm half an hour later.
Shocked onlookers took to social media to tell people what happened. One called Erika wrote: Just watched this guy get arrested for trying to climb the Buckingham palace gates
Ms Davey was arrested and has now been charged with being drunk and disorderly after trying to get into Buckingham Palace (pictured)
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