Man admits ploughing car into Buckingham Palace causing £24,000 in damage A man has admitted to smashing his car into the main entrance of Buckingham Palace - causing more than £24,000 worth of damage.
On the night of the crash, armed officers from the Metropolitan Police arrested Scott on suspicion of criminal damage, and he was taken to hospital and sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
Johnny Scott, 26, ploughed his VW Polo into the palace's south centre gate in the early hours of March 9 last year, Westminster Magistrates Court heard.
Scott, of Dalewood Close in Hornchurch, east London, appeared in a "figdety and dazed" state during the crash and was arrested by armed cops before being taken to hospital.
The collision caused £24,493 worth of damage to Buckingham Palace's black iron gates, the court was told.
