Abu Dhabi Royal Sentenced in UK After Passing Out in Public Near Barefoot Child
The judge said strangers intervened after the child was left unattended near traffic, and Al Nahyan was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 in costs.
- On Tuesday, Emirati royal Mahrah Al Nahyan admitted to child neglect at Southwark Crown Court after being found unconscious on a London street in June with a barefoot three-year-old child nearby.
- Passersby intervened to protect the child from traffic after Al Nahyan remained unresponsive for around 30 minutes following a reported cocaine binge in previous days.
- When she eventually awoke, Al Nahyan reportedly yelled, "This is not a slaughterhouse, why do you care so much?" Police discovered drug paraphernalia in her possession, though no illicit substances were found.
- Justice Johnson KC sentenced Al Nahyan to a two-year community order requiring rehabilitation and fined her $11,500, citing the grave risk the child faced without intervention from strangers.
- Al Nahyan is undergoing treatment at the Priory centre in Woking, Surrey, and her lawyer, Stephen Vullo, stated she has shown "significant remorse and resolve to overcome her addiction.
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'Significant remorse': Toddler by her side, UAE royal seen passed out on London street after heavy cocaine use
Al Nahyan, who is connected to Abu Dhabi’s royal family through marriage, pleaded guilty to a charge of child neglect at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday. The court heard that passers-by found her unconscious and stepped in after spotting the unattended child near moving traffic.
The princess was on the ground like a poodle, fainted, under the influence of drugs: so she was found in London Mahrah Al Nahyan, 32, of the richest...
A married member of Abu Dhabi's royal family was convicted in the UK of child neglect, after being found unconscious in a London street after using cocaine, while she was in charge of a 3-year-old boy. It is Mahrah Al Nahyan, 32, who received the ... Continue reading "Member of Emirati royalty found unconscious and drugged in the middle of London street next to a child"
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