Criminology and Psychology

Charges against Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing and wife Eva have been dropped Hans Rausing, 45, an heir to the multi-billion pound Tetra Pak drinks carton empire, was embarrassingly drawn into the public eye in April after his wife Eva, 44, was caught trying to smuggle heroin and crack into a function at London's American embassy.When £10m home the couple share with their four children in exclusive Cadogan Place, Chelsea, was then searched, officers found more crack and heroin - and £2,000 worth of cocaine, enough to fuel a whole nightclub full of drug-users. Typically, addicts caught with such huge quantities of drugs will face a prison sentence.But at Westminster magistrates court yesterday, it was revealed that all charges against the couple are being dropped after a 'protracted correspondence' between their lawyers and the Crown Prosecution Service.Instead, they are each to accept a 'conditional caution', which will probably involve the pair promising to a...