TOI Correspondent from London: An Indian-origin businessman who owns a string of high-end restaurants, including Michelin-starred Benares in Mayfair, has been convicted of spiking a woman’s cocktail with a date-rape drug at the private members’ club Annabel’s.
Vikas Nath (63), a British citizen, was convicted by a jury at Southwark crown court on Friday of lacing the woman’s “Spicy Margarita” with gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) with the intent of overpowering her for sex. Judge Usha Karu remanded Nath in custody. He will be sentenced at a later date. Nath denied the charges of attempting to administering a substance with intent and possession of a controlled class B drug and muttered “That’s bullshit” as the guilty verdicts were read out.
