Drugs charges against the heir to the multi-billion pound Tetra Pak drinks carton empire were dropped this week. 45 year-old Hans Kristian Rausing, whose father is Britain's sixth richest man with a fortune of £5.4 billion, had been charged with possessing Class A drugs. His American-born wife Eva, 44, was charged with possessing Class A and Class C drugs.
The couple were arrested in April this year, after Mrs Rausing allegedly tried to smuggle small amounts of crack cocaine and heroin into the US embassy in London.
According to court documents, Mr Rausing was charged with possessing 0.2oz (5.63g) of crack cocaine, 0.1oz (2.9g) of heroin and almost 1.8oz (52g) of cocaine. However after a ‘protracted correspondence’ between the Rausings' lawyers and the Crown Prosecution Service, all charges were dropped and they will each receive a ‘conditional caution’ instead, after confessing that they are drug addicts.
The couple will have to sign an official document admitting to the offence, giving consent to the caution. A record of the cautions will remain on police files but the couple will not have criminal records as a result.
Bear with we - the following extract was taken from an article in the Times published this week after the above events:
A random selection of people who in one way or another were found in possession of Class A drugs in recent months.
Scott McEvoy, 24, from Liverpool - 40 months in jail. Alistair Oliver, 23, from Edinburgh - 29 months, ditto. Craig James, 23, from Swansea - three years. James McGlashan, 26, of no fixed address - fined £300. Former Royal Marine Vincent McGuire, 32, of Gloucestershire - three years' jail. Matthew Edward Dean, 20, of Cardiff - fined £100 with £60 court costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
Spot the difference?
One has to wonder - how can we hope to ‘win’ the war on drugs when the rich and famous can apparently use drugs without worry or repercussions?
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