'I only wanted her to relax…I had no intention of having sex with her'

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Feb 7, 2026 | 21:15 IST

A wealthy Indian-origin restaurateur in London has been found guilty of spiking a friend’s drink at Annabel’s, an exclusive private members’ club in Mayfair. He was caught on CCTV camera spiking the drink with gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) — a Class B controlled substance often described as a “date-rape drug”

He is a 63-year-old wealthy Indian-origin restaurateur with a string of fine-dining restaurants to his name. On the face of it, he does not fit the profile of a man accused of drugging a woman he considered a friend.

Yet Vikas Nath, an Indian-origin businessman linked to a portfolio of restaurants in the UK and Spain — including two with Michelin stars —was on February 6 found guilty by a jury of both attempting to administer a substance with intent and possession of a Class B drug.
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