Winston Churchill’s great-grandson jailed over drug bust.
Posted on December 20, 2007 
Nicholas Barton’s photo is unavailable so we’re using Sir Winston Churchill’s picture.
Sir Winston Churchill’s great-grandson, Nicholas Jake Barton, 34, was sentenced to 20 months jail in Australia. He was implicated in a drug factory scandal. He rented out his property in Australia to Rees Woodgate and a police raid found equipment for making ecstasy, the ingredients and 10 kg of ecstasy tablets on the premises.
Nicholas Barton claimed ignorance at the offence. He said that he discovered what Rees was doing but took no action. The judge, Colin Charteris, said that Nicholas played a limited role in the drug making operation and passed the barest minimum sentence of 20 months on him. Judge Charteris said that he did not consider the lineage of Nicholas when he gave the sentence.
Source: DM

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