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Michelin-star restaurant owner spiked woman's cocktail with date-rape drug
Vikas Nath was found guilty of attempting to administer gamma-butyrolactone to incapacitate a woman at Annabel's; staff intervention prevented the drink from being consumed.
- On Friday, jurors found Vikas Nath guilty of attempting to administer a substance with intent and possession of a Class B drug at Southwark Crown Court.
- Court documents show prosecutors say Nath sought sex and was frustrated, exchanging texts revealing his plan to drug the woman for sex, with messages shown to jurors.
- CCTV footage showed Annabel's staff spotting Nath dip a straw into a small Madagascan vanilla-extract bottle to spike a margarita, then swapping the drink before police recovered the bottle containing GBL.
- A further court hearing has been scheduled for 16 February, with Timothy Greaves of the CPS warning that offenders face the full extent of the law.
- Detectives found two bottles of GBL and covert cameras at his Knightsbridge home, and Mr Clark said, 'He stated that he only spiked her drink to relax her.
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Michelin-star restaurant owner spiked woman's cocktail with date-rape drug
Jurors were told Vikas Nath wanted to have sex with his companion at his Knightsbridge home and film it. But he had become impatient and put GBL in her spicy margarita at Mayfair members club, Annabel's.
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Read Full ArticleLondon restaurant owner found guilty of spiking woman’s drink at club
A restaurant owner has been found guilty of spiking a woman’s drink with a date-rape drug at a Mayfair private members’ club in a bid to overpower her for sex.Vikas Nath, 63, who owns Michelin-starred Benares in Mayfair, laced the woman’s spicy margarita with gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) after she left him with the drink in the rooftop garden bar at Annabel’s, 46 Berkeley Square.Southwark Crown Court heard Nath had grown frustrated with the woman’s…
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