MP’s bid to save Briton who tried to kill Trump

A TORY MP is to ask Boris Johnson to intervene in the case of a Briton accused of trying to kill Donald Trump.

Sir Paul Beresford is to raise the plight of Michael Sandford with the Foreign Secretary.

The Sandford family is hoping to have him deported from a US jail to Britain to receive psychiatric treatment.

Mr Sandford is due to face trial in August for allegedly trying to snatch a policeman’s gun at a Trump rally in Las Vegas on June 18. The 20-yearold, who suffers from autism, told police he travelled to the city to kill Mr Trump, according to court documents.

His family has hired the lawyer who successfully represented Scottish Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon, who also suffers from autism.

Glasgow-born Mr McKinnon hacked into Nasa and security service computers from a house in London, leading American authorities to demand he face a US court and possible life imprisonment.

But lawyer Karen Todner fought a ten-year battle to stop him being extradited. The move was finally blocked by then Home Secretary Theresa May in 2012.

Last night, Mr Sandford’s mother Lynne said: ‘The Foreign Office told me someone went to visit him earlier in the week and said he was not in a good way.

‘He is now on suicide watch in a padded cell. He is being kept in isolation and I can’t even speak to him, let alone see him. It’s heartbreaking.’

Last week, Mr Sandford pleaded not guilty to one charge of disrupting business and official functions and two charges of being an illegal alien in possession of a gun. If found guilty, he faces up to 30 years in prison.

Mr Trump last night formally announced Indiana governor Mike Pence as his presidential running mate.