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Restaurateur Found Guilty of Spiking Drink for Assault

2/7/2026

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Vikas Nath, a 63-year-old restaurateur, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of spiking a woman's drink with gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) at Annabel's in London.
Club staff intervened to prevent the woman from consuming the spiked drink.
CCTV footage and witnesses show Nath attempted to incapacitate the woman for sex.
The court heard Nath kept a covert camera at home.
Nath faces sentencing.

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Story summary

Vikas Nath, a 63-year-old restaurateur, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of spiking a woman's drink with gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) at Annabel's in London.
Club staff intervened to prevent the woman from consuming the spiked drink.
CCTV footage and witnesses show Nath attempted to incapacitate the woman for sex.
The court heard Nath kept a covert camera at home.
Nath faces sentencing.