The UK navy is now investigating how the imposter breached the supposedly high-security base
The British navy mentioned on Tuesday that it had launched an investigation after reviews {that a} man posing as a priest managed to infiltrate the barracks of the Coldstream Guards. The imposter socialized with the elite troopers tasked with defending the Queen, spending an evening at Victoria Barracks close to Windsor Fortress.
“The military takes this breach of safety extraordinarily critically and will probably be completely investigated as a matter of precedence,” a Ministry of Defence spokesperson mentioned, however declined to remark additional because the incident was now “a part of an ongoing investigation.”
The breach, which occurred final week, was first reported by The Solar on Monday. In accordance with the tabloid’s supply, the person confirmed up on the barracks’ gate and efficiently conned his means in with out exhibiting any identification or presenting credentials.
“The man turned up on the gate, mentioned his identify was Father Cruise and claimed to be a good friend of the battalion’s Padre, the Reverend Matt Coles. He was invited in and provided one thing to eat,” the supply mentioned.
The phony priest promptly befriended the guardsmen on the facility and “inside a few hours he was consuming with the officers within the bar.” The conman entertained his new buddies with growingly inconceivable tales over the drinks, bragging about serving throughout the Iraq Struggle and claiming to have acquired a medal for bravery.
“He was telling plenty of tall tales and the lads have been having fun with his banter,” the supply claimed.
It was solely later when he began speaking about how he had labored as an ejector-seat take a look at pilot and had some organs changed that the chaps began to get suspicious.
Regardless of mentioned “suspicions,” the phony priest was nonetheless provided a mattress on the barracks and spent the evening there. The person was inspected solely within the morning and the police have been referred to as to the barracks, eradicating the impostor from the constructing. The person was not arrested and no additional motion in opposition to him has been taken thus far.
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