Why I wanted to kill Donald Trump – British man who tried to kill US President
A 21-year-old British man, Michael Sandford who was arrested and
jailed after trying to assassinate the president of United States,
Donald Trump has revealed on Tuesday that screaming voices in his head
instructed him to get a policeman’s gun and kill the President.
The 21-year-old, who has a history of mental issues, told The Sun UK how he feared being shot dead after being flattened by officers, six metres (20 feet) away from Trump who was campaigning to become US president.
Sandford, who is back at his family home in Dorking, Southern London,
after being released a week ago, further revealed that he decided to
take the action after feeling angry about Trump.
He said, “I was hearing voices telling me to kill Donald Trump.
“They’d been coming on for a while and getting stronger and more frequent. At one point, they were screaming at me
“My friends had said Trump needed to be stopped. They said he was going to destroy the country — but it was the voices in my head which were telling me to kill him.
“Then one day, I saw he was speaking in Las Vegas and I decided to drive there and do something myself.”
Recall that the incident happened on June 18 last year as the Republican candidate was campaigning in the Nevada gambling city.
Before that day, Sandford, who was in the United States to be
reunited with his US girlfriend and overstayed his visa, went to a
shooting range and practised firing pistols.
He added, “Deep down, I knew there was something wrong but I tried to convince myself it was OK.”
However, at the rally, when he tried to pull an officer’s gun from its holster, it got stuck and Sandford was bundled to the ground.
He was jailed in December for a year and a day. Much of his sentence was spent on remand and he was released early.
“I’m disgusted by what I did but I’m so glad no-one was hurt,” he said.
Meanwhile, mother Lynne, who couldn’t prevent him leaving Britain, is calling for new laws to help the parents of mentally ill youngsters protect them after they become adults
The 21-year-old, who has a history of mental issues, told The Sun UK how he feared being shot dead after being flattened by officers, six metres (20 feet) away from Trump who was campaigning to become US president.
He said, “I was hearing voices telling me to kill Donald Trump.
“They’d been coming on for a while and getting stronger and more frequent. At one point, they were screaming at me
“My friends had said Trump needed to be stopped. They said he was going to destroy the country — but it was the voices in my head which were telling me to kill him.
“Then one day, I saw he was speaking in Las Vegas and I decided to drive there and do something myself.”
Recall that the incident happened on June 18 last year as the Republican candidate was campaigning in the Nevada gambling city.
He added, “Deep down, I knew there was something wrong but I tried to convince myself it was OK.”
However, at the rally, when he tried to pull an officer’s gun from its holster, it got stuck and Sandford was bundled to the ground.
He was jailed in December for a year and a day. Much of his sentence was spent on remand and he was released early.
“I’m disgusted by what I did but I’m so glad no-one was hurt,” he said.
Meanwhile, mother Lynne, who couldn’t prevent him leaving Britain, is calling for new laws to help the parents of mentally ill youngsters protect them after they become adults
Why I wanted to kill Donald Trump – British man who tried to kill US President
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