Churchill relative jailed over drug

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Police arrested Nicholas Jake Gompo Barton at his Sydney home in June last year during a series of raids in which officers seized some 250,000 ecstasy tablets worth around 15 million Australian dollars (£6.5 million).

The 34-year-old Briton, who is the son of James Barton and Arabella Spencer Churchill, pleaded guilty before Sydney's District Court last month to knowingly taking part in the supply of a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.

The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Judge Colin Charteris sentenced Barton to three years imprisonment and set a minimum term of 20 months before he can be considered for parole.

He has already spent 18 months in jail.

Churchill's mother Arabella McLeod, 58, revealed in a statement issued through her brother Winston last month that she was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer and had been told by doctors she had four to six months to live.