Nicholas Hewitt Birtles, the son of former minister Patricia Hewitt and Judge William Birtles, received a £250 fine for cocaine possession reports the Mirror . He was arrested in September for the offence which is particularly unedifying given the respective positions of his parents.

Meanwhile a court has been hearing that a vodka swilling, former Crown Court judge, Bruce Macmillan, was three times over the limit when he was busted for drink driving in August. He will be sentenced in November but remains on conditional bail for a more recent drink driving arrest in September reports the Mail .

Hewitt son’s cocaine rap [The Mirror]
Ex-Crown Court judge caught driving with bottle of vodka on M6 was more than three times legal limit [The Mail]