Briton Michael Sandford imprisoned over arrangement to shoot Donald Trump

A 20-year-old Briton has been imprisoned for 12 months by a Las Vegas court for attempting to snatch a cop's weapon at a Donald Trump rally in June.

Michael Steven Sandford, who has a mental imbalance, attempted to get the weapon at a Las Vegas gambling club where Trump was tending to supporters amid the presidential battle.

He professedly told officers after his capture that he wanted to shoot Trump.

Sandford, of Dorking, Surrey, confessed in September to charges of being a displaced person possessing a gun and disturbing an official capacity.

He could have confronted up to 20 years in jail in the event that he had been indicted trial for both charges.

Judge James Mahan let him know: "You have a restorative issue. Try not to be embarrassed or humiliated about it. You require solution.

"You're not a solidified criminal. You're not malicious or a sociopath like many individuals we have. I don't think you needed to murder anyone. This was only some insane trick that your psyche instructed you to do."

A sorrowful Sandford told the court: "I know saying sorry is insufficient. I truly do feel horrendous about what I did. I wish there was some approach to improve things. I have taken a toll citizens so much cash. I feel frightful."

Tending to the judge, he included: "I'm truly sorry to learn and the court for taking up so much time."

As he has as of now been in care since being captured, he is not anticipated that would need to spend a further 12 months in a correctional facility.

Sandford did not get hold of the weapon before he was captured, and no shots were discharged.

Court archives say that Sandford told a government specialist that he drove from California to Las Vegas with an arrangement to slaughter Trump.

His UK legal advisor, Saimo Chahal, QC, of Bindmans, had contended that Sandford was hallucinating at the time.

The court papers likewise expressed that Sandford had gone to a weapon go in Las Vegas to figure out how to discharge a firearm, which he had not done some time recently.

Sandford told police he had been in the US for year and a half before the occurrence. He was unemployed, living out of his auto and in the US illicitly.

And additionally extreme introvertedness, he likewise has over the top urgent issue, serious misery, seizures, cardiovascular issues and Crohn's malady, as per his family.

His mom Lynne Sandford, who headed out to the US for the sentencing with her mom Christine and four-year-old girl Jessica, had spoke to the judge to permit her child to serve his sentence in the UK so he could get the privilege psychiatric offer assistance.

The family has propelled a crowdfunding effort to take care of the lawful costs identifying with their offer to take Sandford back to the UK to serve his sentence.

"Michael's activities were totally bizarre. He is a to a great degree defenseless young fellow and we trust that he needs to come back to the UK keeping in mind the end goal to serve his sentence," his mom composed.

Until sentencing, Lynne Sandford had just observed her child once since he was captured.

"Amid my visit to Las Vegas, I discovered that Michael had been on suicide watch a few circumstances taking after various mental breakdowns," she composed.

"'Suicide watch' in the US includes being kept in disengagement all day, every day for up to a week on end. Different detainees are permitted books, yet these are detracted from Michael while he is in segregation. Michael isn't permitted bathroom tissue while he is in segregation."