Scotland Yard arrests man for climbing Buckingham Palace fence

A 22-year-old drunk man was arrested today by Scotland Yard for climbing over a security fence at Buckingham Palace, the London home of Queen Elizabeth 11.
The man was reportedly drunk but unarmed and the breach which occurred in the early hours of today is not believed to be terrorism related, according to Metropolitan Police officers on guard at the British monarch's residence.
"At approximately 04:15hrs on Tuesday, August 9, officers arrested a 22-year-old from Croydon on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site (contrary to section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005) after he climbed over a security fence at Buckingham Palace," a Met Police statement said.

"He was seen by officers who were monitoring CCTV and arrested within a security perimeter. The man, who had been drinking, did not gain access to the palace. He was not armed. No Taser was deployed by officers. The man is currently in custody at a central London police station. The breach is not believed to be terrorism-related," it added.
The incident follows another in May this year when Denis Hennessy, a 41-year-old man cut his right hand climbing over the perimeter wall of the palace.
He had pleaded guilty to trespassing and was jailed for four months. There have been a number ofsecuritybreaches at BuckinghamPalacein the past, with the most famous one being that of Michael Fagan, who got into the Queen's bedroom in 1982 and spent 10 minutes talking to her before she managed to raise the alarm when he asked for a cigarette.