Former MP Crispin Blunt has pleaded guilty to four charges of possession of drugs including cannabis and crystal meth.
The 65-year-old former justice minister admitted to four drugs charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, following a raid on on his home in Horley, Surrey, in October 2023.
The former Conservative MP was found to have been in possession of the chemical drug GBL, a sedative, as well as cannabis, methamphetamine and methylamphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth.
Blunt, who represented himself in court proceedings, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing class A drugs and three charges of possession of class B drugs.
The drugs were found when police searched his home as part of an investigation into allegations of rape.
After an 18-month investigation, Surrey Police announced in May last year that there would be no further action on the rape allegation due to insufficient evidence.
Blunt, who was pictured arriving at court wearing a wearing a charcoal-grey suit, white shirt, and purple tie on Wednesday, served as the MP for Reigate from 1997 until 2024.
During his time in parliament, he served in David Cameron’s government as parliamentary under-secretary of state for prisons and youth justice from 2010 to 2012, and went on to chair the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2015 until 2017.
He lost the Tory whip in October 2023 when he was first arrested by police, and stood down from Parliament at the 2024 general election.
Prior to entering Parliament, Blunt was a graduate of the Sandhurst Military Academy and spent more than a decade as an officer in the British Army.
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