Overview
- Police say they arrested an intruder at 1:04 p.m. on 30 November at the Palace of Westminster and later charged 23-year-old Devon Dorrall with trespass on a protected site.
- Dorrall, from Tilehurst, was remanded after a Westminster Magistrates’ Court appearance and is due for a plea hearing on 30 December.
- Reports state the man entered by climbing over the Parliamentary Education Centre roof and reached the House of Lords’ Cholmondeley Room before a workman raised the alarm.
- Media accounts say the trespasser evaded armed officers and round-the-clock guards, and police state he did not come into contact with any staff or members.
- The breach drew criticism given recent security spending, including a reported £4.5 million fence, and questions over why neither police nor parliamentary officials initially announced the incident.