Marcus Sarjeant was a member of the Scouts, becoming local patrol leader before leaving to join the Air Training Corps in 1978.
10 Facts About Marcus Sarjeant
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Marcus Sarjeant tried to join the Army but stayed only for two days of an induction course.
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Friends reported that Marcus Sarjeant joined the Anti-Royalist Movement in October 1980.
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Marcus Sarjeant tried unsuccessfully to find ammunition for his father's.
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On 13 June 1981, Marcus Sarjeant joined the crowds for Trooping the Colour, finding a spot near the junction between The Mall and Horseguards Road.
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Lance Corporal Alec Galloway of the Scots Guards seized Marcus Sarjeant and pulled him over the crowd control barriers, where Galloway and others disarmed and subdued him.
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In questioning, Marcus Sarjeant said he had been inspired by the assassination of John Lennon in December 1980, and the attempts on the lives of President of the United States Ronald Reagan in March 1981 and of Pope John Paul II in May 1981.
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Marcus Sarjeant became the first person since 1966 to be prosecuted under the Treason Act 1842, and was brought to trial before the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Lane, on 14 September 1981.
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Marcus Sarjeant changed his name and began a new life.
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Marcus Sarjeant had written to the Queen from prison to apologise for the shooting but did not receive a reply.