"Derek Egan, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of trespass on a protected site and when asked why he went to the palace told Westminster Magistrates Court "because I am a criminal". Egan, of Hillingdon, also breached his bail conditions which banned him from going back to the site. The west London palace is sometimes home to the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children."
"Deputy Senior District Judge Tan Ikram handed Egan 16 weeks in prison for each trespass offence and ordered for both terms to be served consecutively. Egan first climbed over a fence and got into the palace's garden on 22 December at about 04:00 GMT, the court heard. He was taken to a police station and bailed, but went back a day later."
Derek Egan, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of trespass on a protected site after entering Kensington Palace grounds twice in the days before Christmas. He first climbed a fence into the palace garden on 22 December at about 04:00 GMT, was taken to a police station and bailed, then returned the next day in breach of bail. Deputy Senior District Judge Tan Ikram sentenced Egan to 16 weeks for each offence to be served consecutively, totalling 32 weeks. Egan represented himself and described himself as a criminal. Trespass on a designated protected site is an offence under SOCPA 2005.
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