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SYDNEY - The great-grandson of iconic British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill and his New Zealand co-accused are in jail awaiting sentence for involvement in a multi-million dollar party drug syndicate.
Nicholas Jake Barton, 33, pleaded guilty in the District Court in Sydney to knowingly taking part in supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.
He and co-accused Reese Gerard Woodgate, 42, of New Zealand, will be sentenced on February 22 next year.
Barton was arrested in June during police raids in Sydney's eastern suburbs, following a three month investigation.
About 250,000 tablets, 18 kg of MDMA - the powder used to make the drug - and two industrial pill presses were confiscated by police.
The tablets had a street value of $12.5 million and the powder was worth $2.5 million.
Barton's mother is Arabella Spencer Churchill, granddaughter of Sir Winston and daughter of his son, Randolph.
- AAP
