![]() Ball pleaded guilty to attempted murder and kidnapping and was remanded to a mental health facility.Īll of the wounded men survived and each was honored by the Queen that September. Russell recalled getting the George Medal from Her Majesty, telling the Eastern Daily Press in 2006 that the monarch told him, "'The medal is from the queen of England, the thank you is from Anne's mother.'" In the Escort he'd rented under an assumed name, Ball had stashed Valium, two pairs of handcuffs and a ransom note addressed to the queen demanding £2 million. James' Park.ĭays later, the Marxist-Leninist Activist Revolutionary Movement sent a letter to authorities taking credit for Ball's brazen actions, but Scotland Yard determined he acted alone. Detective Constable Peter Edmonds caught up to Ball and tackled him in St. Russell managed to land a punch to Ball's face, after which he took off running. ![]() ![]() She craftily thought that might get Ball to abandon his position and as he ran toward the other side of the car, she got back in and closed the door. ![]()
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