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British man accused of trying to grab gun to kill Donald Trump in Las Vegas jailed for 12 months A British man has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison over his attempt to grab a gun in an alleged bid to kill Donald Trump.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Michael Sandford, 20, pleaded guilty in September to being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm and disrupting an official function.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. He was accused of grabbing a policeman's gun at a rally in Las Vegas in order to shoot at the candidate.
His mother says "he is remorseful over what he did".
Sandford, from Dorking in Surrey, had faced up to 10 years in prison over the alleged assassination plot.
He has been held in Las Vegas jail cell on suicide watch since his arrest.
In the courtroom - James Cook, BBC News, Las Vegas
Sandford's lawyers say he is autistic and suffers seizures and obsession-compulsion anxiety.
They say he could be eligible for release in four months time, at which point he will be deported to the UK.
Sandford's ankles were shackled and he wore orange prison garb and looked pale and slight as he appeared before US District Judge James C Mahan.
He broke down in tears as he apologised to the court for taking up time and costing the taxpayer so much money.
"I just feel terrible about it," he told the court.
His mother, Lynne Sandford, also addressed the judge, saying her son was "cherished and adored".
"It breaks my heart to see him in this environment," she said, as she appealed for a lenient sentence on the basis that her son needed treatment and the support of his family.
After Sandford was arrested, he allegedly told officers that he had planned to shoot the billionaire Republican candidate.
His mother said that she had lost contact with her son after he left home to travel around the US in 2015.
She added that he suffers from a range of mental health issues - including severe OCD, anxiety, depression and previously anorexia - and had previously tried to take his own life twice.