Blandford jailed for 30 days
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Your support makes all the difference.Blandford jailed for 30 days
The Marquess of Blandford was jailed for a total of 30 days yesterday for forging prescriptions, stealing drugs and breach of probation.
Blandford, 39, of Chelsea, south-west London, admitted the offences. The magistrate, Ros Keating, at Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court, central London, said it was a tragedy to see somebody like him before the courts, "but these offences are so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified".
He received consecutive 15-day terms on two charges of forging prescriptions, 15 days concurrent for stealing drugs, and a £100 fine - or one day - for breach of probation.
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