Strange But True Crime - Crossbow at the Castle

Jaswant Chail wants to bring down ‘the empire’ and his first act is to harm a British Royal.

Inspired by Star Wars and encouraged by his ‘girlfriend’, he puts his deadly plan into action.

Get in touch at behaveyourself@bbc.co.uk.

Presenter: Rima Ahmed.
Reporter: Maria Zaccaro.
Written and produced by Luke de Costa.
Researcher: Bethan Davies.
Social Media: Fede Marilotti.
Online Producer: Rachael Smith.
Executive Producer: Luke Eldridge.
Commissioning Editors: Gareth Hydes and Alistair Miskin.

This programme contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Published on Wednesday, 3rd December 2025.

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