Leyland man cleared of intending to cause criminal damage to Sajid Javid's home
Geza Tarjanyi said he only planned to get arrested
A Lancashire man has been found not guilty of intending to cause criminal damage to former Health Secretary Sajid Javid's home.
61-year-old Geza Tarjanyi, of Boundary Road, Leyland, travelled to Mr. Javid's home in Fulham on 3 January to protest against the Covid vaccine rollout.
He had glue and several posters, which prosecutors said he was carrying with the plan of destroying or damaging the property.
Prosecutor Archie Mackay, in opening the trial, said:
"This case is about the defendant, Mr Geza Tarjanyi, finding out where Sajid Javid lived - the politician - going to Sajid Javid's family home and, as a form of protest, tried to get arrested.
"And the prosecution's case is that, to make sure he was arrested, he was prepared, if necessary, to use a heavy-duty adhesive spray and glue some posters on to Mr Javid's family home.
"If he had done so, that would have been criminal damage.
"In fact, you still he was arrested before he needed to do that."
Isleworth Crown Court heard that Mr Tarjanyi travelled with 'basic filming equipment (and) an envelope of paperwork' alongside another man with a camera to film the protest.
The jury was shown the footage - in which Mr. Tarjanyi rang the doorbell and gave an envelope to Mr. Javid's daughter.
He then ready a copy of the letter to camera, saying he had 'served a notice' to Mr. Javid, threatening to sue the Minister for any harm or death caused by the Covid-19 vaccine.
"I'm exposing their involvement in the biggest fraud and threat facing our national security," he read.
He was also heard saying he wanted to be arrested and "face these monsters in court."
After reading his script, he was seen taking what looked like a canister out of his bag.
A protection officer then detained Mr. Tarjanyi until Metropolitan Police officers arrived and formally arrested him.
The jury heard that, in his police interview, Mr. Tarjanyi said he "never intended to cause damage and only intended to get arrested."