Nicholas Jake Barton

Nicholas Jake Barton, Winston Churchill's great grandson, was convicted of participating in a $15 million ecstasy distribution network, on the same day that his mother Arabella Spencer Churchill died of pancreatic cancer.

1. Age: 34
2. Birthplace: Wales
3. Naturalized Australian citizen
4. Arrested: June 2006
5. Convicted in Sydney, Australia
6. Sentence: 3 years
7. Eligible for parole in February 2008

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• The Australian: "Churchills Rocked by Death and Jail" (December 21, 2007)
  • The judge referred to Barton's great grandfather, Winston Churchill, while issuing the sentence: "In determining the appropriateness of the sentence, the fact the defendant is descended from a hero of the 20th century does not affect the sentence I must impose." He then noted it was "of historical importance only".
• Guardian: "Granddaughter of Churchill Dies As Australia Jails Her Son " (December 21, 2007)
• Telegraph: "Winston Churchill's Relative Jailed over Drugs " (December 21, 2007)
• Independent: "Churchill's Great-Grandson Jailed for 7m Drugs Racket" (December 21, 2007)
• Reuters: Churchill Great Grandson Jailed in Australia (December 20, 2007)
• Sydney Morning Herald: "Churchill's Great-Grandson in Drug Ring" (November 20, 2007)

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