A man found lurking with a gun near Donald Trump’s Florida golf course last year has been found guilty of attempted assassination, facing a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Ryan Routh appeared to try to stab himself with a pen several times after the verdict was read out, according to US media and court sketches, leading to chaos in the courtroom.

A jury found that Routh, 59, intended to kill Trump, then a former US president and Republican presidential candidate, when he pointed a rifle through a fence while Trump was golfing. New Feature

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He was also found guilty on the four other charges he faced, including impeding a federal agent and weapons offences.

Routh had to be restrained by court marshals and was quickly dragged him out

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