Patrick Thelwell, 23, has been found guilty at York Magistrates’ Court of threatening behaviour after throwing “at least five” eggs at King Charles while he was visiting York last November. He had pleaded not guilty to a Section 4 public order offence, arguing his use of “low-level violence” was “lawful” as it was self-defence against “the violence carried out by the British state”.

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On Friday Chief Magistrate Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring found the defendant guilty of the charge, saying Mr Thelwell “intended to cause King Charles to believe immediate unlawful violence would be used against him”.

The King and Queen Consort had arrived in the city on November 9 to unveil a statue of the late Queen at York Minster, and were being welcomed by local dignitaries at Micklegate Bar when the 23-year-old threw five eggs which “came very close to hitting King Charles,” York Magistrates Court heard.

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