{"id":954,"date":"2025-02-13T17:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T18:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/?p=954"},"modified":"2025-04-25T23:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T23:38:04","slug":"man-who-crashed-car-into-buckingham-palace-gate-lucky-not-to-have-been-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/man-who-crashed-car-into-buckingham-palace-gate-lucky-not-to-have-been-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who crashed car into Buckingham Palace gate \u2018lucky not to have been shot\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Johnny Scott, 26, drove his VW Polo into the south centre gate of the palace in March last year (Picture: PA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A man said he ‘had to fix these c****’ as he was swarmed by armed police after crashing his car intoBuckingham Palace<\/a> and causing nearly \u00a325,000 worth of damage. <\/p>\n

Johnny Scott, 26, drove his VW Polo into the south centre gate of the palace in March last year, causing \u00a324,493 in damage. <\/p>\n

Armed officers surrounded Scott who appeared ‘fidgety and dazed’. <\/p>\n

He told the officers: ‘I have to fix this and these c****.’ <\/p>\n

No members of the royal family were inside the palace at the time of the incident. <\/p>\n

Aamina Khalid, defending, said Scott had a ‘psychotic episode’ and suffered a relapse of bipolar disorder when the incident occurred, and was ‘not able to understand what his actions were’ as a result.<\/p>\n

Scott had not been under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the incident, Ms Khalid said.<\/p>\n

His family had called local mental health services ‘multiple times’ before the incident and had even reached out to their local MP, she said.<\/p>\n

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