Veteran sniper from team with longest confirmed kill says roof used by would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was ‘the most f–king obvious’ risk By Isabel Keane Published July 15, 2024, 11:05 a.m. ET ...

A 'sniper threat' that saw King Charles and Queen Camilla whisked away during a trip to Jersey turned out to be a man on a roof scaring away birds.

WHAT WE FOUND A sniper named Jonathan Willis was not assigned to the rally where 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks is believed to have tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

DCI Hafey explains: "The main bit at that time is to get the King and Queen into an area where we know they're 100% safe and that happened really quickly. "The officers who were managing the ...