Nigella Lawson is facing a police investigation into her admission that she used drugs after a dramatic about-turn by Scotland Yard on Saturday night.
Police are to carry out a review of evidence she gave during the fraud trial of Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, her former personal assistants.
In the witness box, she admitted taking cocaine several times, most recently in 2010, and smoking cannabis.
However, evidence was also given by the two women claiming she had repeatedly used the Class A drug.
When they were acquitted on Friday, Scotland Yard said it would not look at her admissions or the women’s claims. She would only be investigated if new evidence emerged.
But on Saturday night Commander Stephen Watson, of the Metropolitan Police, told The Telegraph that officers would examine the “implications” of what she had said under oath and seek advice on what to do next from the Crown Prosecution Service. » | David Barrett and Robert Mendick | Saturday, December 21, 2013
