Kate Moss will not face cocaine charges!

June 15th, 2006

Kate Moss will not face cocaine charges despite an eight-month police probe costing $370,000, Scotland Yard confirmed today.
The investigation was launched after the 32-year-old Croydon-born supermodel was secretly filmed chopping up lines of white powder at a west London recording studio. However it ended in farce because legally photographs of drug abuse do not constitute evidence of possession.
Now Crown Prosecution Service lawyers have informed the Met that there is “insufficient evidence” to bring charges against multi-millionairess Moss.
Police also confirmed that the self-styled “literary agent” of Kate’s on-off rock star boyfriend Pete Doherty was charged with possession of Class A drugs after being arrested as part of the lengthy probe.
Paul Roundhill, 51, was given a 12-month conditional discharge when he pleaded guilty to the offence last month.A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed today: “The CPS has advised us of their decision that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute in relation to the Met police investigation into allegations of possible drug abuse by a 32-year-old woman, as reported in newspaper reports in September 2005.
“Despite all reasonable inquiries being pursued by the investigation, which included forensic examination of the scene of the alleged drug taking and investigation into the suspected supply network, we have been unable to
provide sufficient proof of the identity of the substance depicted in the media photographs.
“It should be noted that this investigation was never solely into the actions of one individual but mainly focused on tracing the wider drug supply.
“During the course of the investigation two men were arrested on March 10 for possession of class A drugs. On April 20 one of the men, Paul Roundhill, 51, of Whitechapel, was charged with possession of Class A drugs.
“On May 9 he pleaded guilty to the offence at Thames Magistrates Court and was given a 12 month conditional discharge. The second man, aged 22, accepted a caution for possession of a Class A substance.
“A further four people, three men and one woman, voluntary attended police buildings to be interviewed. No further action has been taken against them.”
The spokesman added: “The decision to begin this investigation was made after images and allegations of illegal drug taking were featured in the media.
“There are always inherent difficulties in getting criminal proof in an investigation instigated in response to images of alleged drug taking.
“Nevertheless we have a responsibility to investigate allegations of drug use, but this should be seen in the context of the major and dedicated work that occurs on a daily basis into disrupting criminal networks involved in major drug supply.”
During the investigation experts gave statements testifying the substance was cocaine — and Kate and others present appeared to be under its influence.
An officer from the Met’s Specialist Crime Operations Team jetted to America to interview a witness and speak to specialists.
Mum-of-one Kate booked into an Arizona rehab clinic after being exposed.
The huge investigation was launched with the blessing of the Met’s under-fire commissioner Sir Ian Blair last September.The grainy black and white images came from the studio in Chiswick, West London, where Kate’s then-boyfriend Doherty was recording with his band Babyshambles