Ryan Routh found guilty of trying to assassinate Donald Trump

A 59-year-old man has been found guilty of trying to assassinate Donald Trump on a golf course.

A jury decided Ryan Routh intended to kill Mr Trump when he pointed a rifle through a fence as the then US presidential candidate was playing golf in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September last year.

Routh fled without firing a shot after a Secret Service agent patrolling the course ahead of Mr Trump saw Routh and the rifle and opened fire, according to witness testimony in the case.

At the start of the trial, prosecutor John Shipley said "this plot was carefully crafted and deadly serious", adding that without the agent intervening, "Donald Trump would not be alive".

The incident occurred weeks after a bullet grazed the president's ear in another assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Routh, who faces the prospect of life in prison, pleaded not guilty to all five charges against him and opted to defend himself in court.

But he was found guilty of all counts following a trial in Florida, Sky's US partner NBC News reported.

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