British man jailed for trying to grab cop’s gun to ‘shoot Donald Trump’

A British man has been jailed for one year
for trying to grab a police officer’s gun in
an alleged bid to shoot Donald Trump.


Michael Sanford, 20, was sentenced at a
Las Vegas court following the incident at a
rally in June.
The autism sufferer
was charged with
being an illegal alien
in possession of a
firearm and
disrupting an official
function.
He allegedly told
officers after his arrest that his plan was
to shoot the US President-elect.
The defendant, of Dorking, Surrey, had
been living in the United States for around
18 months and was said to have been
planning the attempt for a year, according
to court documents.
His mother, Lynee, had told reporters that
she feared that the president-elect may
use his position to ‘make an example’ of
her son.
Ms Sandford, whose daughter Jessica was
clutching a tiger toy in court, addressed
the judge before he delivered his sentence.
‘(Michael) means everything to me,’ she
said.
‘He made a very bad mistake, a huge error
of judgment. It breaks my heart to see him
in this environment.
‘So many people back in England know
this is not Michael. Everyone knows he’s a
good person at heart.
‘He needs to get psychiatric help back at
home. He’s very remorseful for what he
did.’
Sandford’s lawyers say he will now serve
around four months, having been detained
since June, before he is deported back to
the UK.
Sandford , whose legs were shaking as he
stood in the courtroom, was arrested at
Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas where
Mr Trump was addressing 1,500
supporters on June 18.
During a police interview, when asked why
he attempted to grab the weapon,
Sandford replied: ‘To shoot and kill Donald
Trump,’ court records show.
He had driven to Las Vegas from Californa
on June 16, and went to a shooting range
the next day, where he said he learnt how
to use a gun for the first time.
Sandford told investigators he expected to
die in the attempt on June 18, according
to court documents.