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Tory peer fined for possessing heroin
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=0013072
ISSUE 1632 Saturday 13 November 1999
Tory peer fined for possessing heroin
By Electronic Telegraph Corespondent
LORD HARLECH, an hereditary peer who has lost his seat in the Lords, was
fined £300 yesterday for possessing heroin.
'Very strange': Lord Harlech arrives at Crewe Magistrates court facing
charges of drunkenness and possessing an illegal substance and an offensive
weapon
The Tory peer, 45, pleaded guilty at Crewe magistrates court to possessing
a small packet of the drug and was ordered to pay £118 costs. He spoke only
to confirm his name and enter his plea.
Lord Harlech was arrested early on Tuesday after staggering off a train at
Crewe. The court was told that he was bound for his estate in Oswestry. Jane
Miles, defending, said Lord Harlech had found the heroin on the train.
He had noticed a woman, the only other person in the first-class carriage,
acting strangely and had spoken to the conductor about her. She was removed
for not having a valid first-class ticket. It was then that Lord Harlech
noticed the package. He admitted that it was "rather foolish" but he tasted
it.
Only when he got off the train did he notice that he felt "very strange" and
was staggering on the platform. Outside court, Miss Miles said: "He has
great regret for taking up the court's time and feels he has been dealt with
fairly in the circumstances."
The Harlech family does not have a happy history. Lord Harlech's mother was
killed in a car accident when he was a child. In 1974 his elder brother
Julian shot himself at the age of 33. A second car crash, in 1985, killed
his father. More recently Lord Harlech's sister, Alice, 43, died of a heroin
overdose in a bedsit in Bournemouth.
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