One Rule for the Rich: heir to TetraPak empire gets off possessing 52g of Coke!

[lights.out.london]

Have I got this arse about face, or does this seem to be rather of lot of drugs to get off with a caution; addiction issues or not..?

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.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7530707.stm

I guess having an old man who owns TetraPak (check your fridge and cupboards) helps...

 

[Firky]

I know someone who got off with 300 pills and a good few grams of coke - well he got a two year suspended sentence.

 

[idioteque]

52g, and he got let off? Are you fucking kidding?

 

[ivebeenhigh]

being a billionaire he could probably argue it was all for personal use though.

 

[claphamboy]

Odd one for sure.

I guess normally people with about 2oz of coke would be considered in possession with ‘intent to supply’, whereas with the pot of gold they sit on the ‘intent to supply’ side of things would be harder to imply/prove.

 

[lights.out.london]

52g, and he got let off? Are you fucking kidding?

Follow the link, dude. Wish I had his lawyer

 

[october_lost]

'Well hes from a good family'

 

[Mation]

I guess having an old man who owns TetraPak (check your fridge and cupboards) helps...

Well, tbf, if they were actually stored inside a tetrapak the drugs wouldn't have been a danger, as no-one would ever be able to get to them...

 

[lights.out.london]

Well, tbf, if they were actually stored inside a tetrapak the drugs wouldn't have been a danger, as no-one would ever be able to get to them...

Boom! Tish! V.good!

 

[paolo]

I thought the possibly more bizarre thing was trying to take crack and heroin into the US embassy. WTF?

 

[soulman]

Money talks and it's not a pretty sound.

 

[salem]

Well a first offence by the sounds of it, probably knew not to say that it was to be shared. Feasible as a months supply I'd have guessed and likely no scales, baggies or other dealing paraphernalia around, so a caution sounds reasonable enough.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

It's all relative.

With that amount of money at your disposal you're not going to buy 10 quid deals. He wasn't buying to supply, or sell either.

In terms of the less well off it's sort of equivalent to getting caught with a single gramme for personal use.

The environmental context is all relative also.

Good judgment IMO.

 

[bluestreak]

Of course there's one rule for the rich and another for the poor. What would be the point of being rich if you got treated the same as the lazy scum.

 

[keybored]

Of course there's one rule for the rich and another for the poor. What would be the point of being rich if you got treated the same as the lazy scum.

So, what do this couple actually do then? Workwise.

 

[Kanda]

being a billionaire he could probably argue it was all for personal use though.

Exactly.

Possesion and dealing are different offences/jail terms aren't they???

So, if he proves it's personal (why couldn't he??!!) he gets a possesion offence.

Oh well...

 

[bluestreak]

So, what do this couple actually do then? Workwise.

I don't know, but rich people deserve their money. Why can't you leave them alone eh?

 

[keybored]

A guy I'm working with has just has his family's emigration dreams smashed because his stepson accepted a caution a couple of years back for possession of one pill, and the Canadian authorities have said either leave him in the UK or don't bother with the application. I wonder if these two will have similar trouble moving around the world freely.

 

[Kanda]

Amy Whinehouse and Snoop did...

 

[keybored]

I don't know, but rich people deserve their money. Why can't you leave them alone eh?

It was an innocent question. I'm sure they worked their fingers bloody for it and it brings them much happiness.

 

[Louloubelle]

So, what do this couple actually do then? Workwise.

To be fair they are philanthropists who spend their time donating massive amounts of money to charitable causes, including charities working with drug addicts.

http://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/index.htm

If more insanely rich people did as much as they did for the most vulnerable people in society then the world would be a better place

 

[golightly]

I thought the possibly more bizarre thing was trying to take crack and heroin into the US embassy. WTF?

My first thought as well. Maybe stupidity can be used as mitigation if you're rich.

 

[keybored]

To be fair they are philanthropists who spend their time donating massive amounts of money to charitable causes...

I know, so does Bill Gates (for example) but he made his own money to give away in the first place. He's also pledged his $58 billion fortune to charity, rather than to his kids to go shoving up their noses.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

What's the point in having shit loads of money and influence if you can't use it?

 

[Louloubelle]

I know, so does Bill Gates (for example) but he made his own money to give away in the first place. He's also pledged his $58 billion fortune to charity, rather than to his kids to go shoving up their noses.

It seems to me that plenty of people here put ridiculous amounts of money up their noses and would fiercely defend their right to do so.

Will Self does drugs on a plane or wherever and people generally think it's a laugh. If Will Self had tried to take drugs into the US embassy I imagine that some people here would have thought it hilarious.

So these people have a drugs problem? So what? Rich people, poor people and people in between get drugs problems, it's something that happens.

Personally I couldn't care less what drugs people do or don't take, it's how they live their lives that matters IMO.

These people obviously lead a very privileged life and do not have to commit serious crimes to fund their habit. They do not have to give millions away every year to charity but they do, so I respect them for that and I hope they can sort out their addiction problems.

 

[DRINK?]

Who cares....doubt he was going to deal, doubt he mugged some old lady (or ten) for his gear....think him and his missus are mad as march hares anyway...I love eccentric idiots like this

 

[Louloubelle]

What's the point in having shit loads of money and influence if you can't use it?

I agree with you

The Rausings obviously agree with your too

Plenty of rich people do diddly squat for the poor though it has to be said

 

[keybored]

Whoosh.

 

[mrs quoad]

Odd one for sure.

I guess normally people with about 2oz of coke would be considered in possession with ‘intent to supply’, whereas with the pot of gold they sit on the ‘intent to supply’ side of things would be harder to imply/prove.

Though with a harsh / letter-of-the-law police interview, offering any to friends on the free would be intent to supply n all...

 

[ViolentPanda]

So, what do this couple actually do then? Workwise.

Well, he looks like he'd happily work in a slaughterhouse (probably while wearing women's underwear), and she looks like she's a walking billboard for the problems brought on by ingesting too much tartrazine.