The former Conservative MP and justice minister Crispin Blunt has pleaded guilty to possessing illegal drugs.

He admitted to four drugs charges at Westminster Magistrates court yesterday.

The 65-year-old who represented Reigate between 1997 and 2024, was under investigation on suspicion of rape when officers discovered the drugs in his Horley home in 2023.

He was ordered to pay a fine of £1,200.