Man arrested outside Parliament ‘with two swords’ wanted to ‘see Boris Johnson’

A man who allegedly turned up outside Parliament wearing armour and carrying samurai swords wanted to “speak with Boris Johnson”, a court has heard.

Lewis Allington, 34, from March, Cambridgeshire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday charged with two counts of possession of bladed articles.

His defence lawyer Norman Cho told District Judge Briony Clarke that Allington had “no intention of harming someone with weapons”.

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