Former MP pleads guilty to four charges of drug possession

The 65-year-old former justice minister served in David Cameron’s government as parliamentary under-secretary of state for prisons and youth justice from 2010 to 2012, and went on to chair the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2015 until 2017.

He was in possession of the chemical drug GBL, a sedative, as well as cannabis, methamphetamine and methylamphetamine, which is commonly known as crystal meth.

He pleaded guilty to one count of possessing class A drugs and three charges of possession of class B drugs.

The drugs were found when Blunt was being investigated on suspicion of rape.

After an 18-month investigation, Surrey Police announced in May last year that there would be no further action on the rape allegation due to insufficient evidence.

Blunt, wearing a charcoal-grey suit, white shirt, and purple tie, is representing himself in the criminal court proceedings.

Prosecutor Zarah Dickinson said Blunt was "polite" and "calm" when his home was raided by police during an investigation into a rape allegation.

She told the hearing: "This arises from a police investigation into offences alleged to have occurred during a chemsex party at Mr Blunt’s home address in September 2023. No charges were brought on those alleged offences.

“As a result of them, police attended his home address on October 25 2023.”

She said Blunt pointed out the drugs, including crystal meth and GBL, to the officers.

Ms Dickinson outlined how crystal meth valued at £200 to £250 was on Blunt’s bedside table, plastic bottles of a crystal meth and amphetamine mix were recovered, and a syringe containing £200 of GBL was found in a laptop bag.

Officers also recovered a bag of cannabis valued at between £5 and £10, as well as weighing scales containing powder residue.

The court heard Blunt told police he entered the chemsex scene after being appointed as a justice minister in David Cameron’s government, and claimed he used his experience of drugs parties to inform policy development.

Ms Dickinson continued: "It was the first time he had come out as a gay man, and during his ministerial role he saw first hand the harm caused by the government’s drug policy. He began to take a professional interest in a policy that inflicted lasting harm on society.

"Then he began his involving in the chemsex scene. His knowledge of first hand use of drugs was used to inform how policies could be implemented."

She said Blunt outlined hosting chemsex parties, and said he would strictly limit GBL use to once an hour.

Blunt lost the Conservative Party whip in October 2023 when he was first arrested by police, and stood down from Parliament at the 2024 general election.

Prior to entering Parliament, Blunt was a graduate of the Sandhurst Military Academy and spent more than a decade as an officer in the British Army.