A member of the Abu Dhabi royal family was discovered unconscious on a west London pavement following a heavy cocaine binge, leaving a three-year-old child unattended and barefoot near moving traffic.
Mahrah Al Nahyan, 32, who is connected to the ruling Emirati dynasty by marriage, was found slumped against metal railings next to an unconscious man on June 13. According to Southwark Crown Court, quick-thinking members of the public intervened after spotting the toddler wandering without shoes near a busy road and chasing a piece of paper toward traffic.
Passers-by shielded the child and raised the alarm, while police reported it took approximately 30 minutes to rouse Al Nahyan. Upon finally regaining consciousness, she reacted belligerently to emergency responders and bystanders, shouting, “This is not a slaughterhouse, why do you care so much? Why are you so worried?”
Prosecutor Rio Pahlavanpour detailed that officers searching the scene recovered drug paraphernalia, though no illicit substances were found directly on her person.
Defending Al Nahyan, barrister Stephen Vullo KC noted that his client has shown “significant remorse” and has been undergoing intensive addiction treatment at the Priory clinic in Surrey since July. Vullo maintained that she had not consumed drugs on the exact day of the incident, but was severely incapacitated from previous use.
Sentencing the 32-year-old, Mr Justice Johnson condemned her gross negligence. “By leaving [the child] to play barefoot in the street while under the influence of drugs, you showed a recklessness and disregard for safety,” the judge remarked. “But for the intervention of strangers there was a serious risk they would be seriously injured or worse.”
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Al Nahyan pleaded guilty to a single charge of child neglect. The judge handed down a two-year community order incorporating a strict rehabilitation requirement. Factoring in her monthly allowance of £8,000, the court also ordered her to pay a £5,000 fine alongside £1,000 in legal costs.