Ex-Tory minister Crispin Blunt fined £1,200 for possession of crystal meth

Former prisons minister pleads guilty to four drugs charges stemming from raid on his Surrey home

The former justice minister Crispin Blunt has been fined £1,200 for possessing illegal drugs after he told a court he entered the world of chemsex parties to help inform government policy.

Blunt, 65, a former Conservative MP for Reigate, pleaded guilty at Westminster magistrates court to four charges of possessing methamphetamine - commonly known as crystal meth – cannabis and the chemical sedative GBL.