Aristocrat: "Go Back To Where You Come From"

An aristocrat, who is 65th in line to the British throne, told Sainsbury’s staff in the Strand: “Go back to where you come from. I’m going to kick you out of the country. You’re not English.”

Rowan Nash Lascelles, 43, is the son of The Hon. James Lascelles, The Queen’s first cousin, once removed and his great grandmother was the daughter of George VI and the Queen’s aunt.

It was Lascelles’ third racially-aggravated conviction and staff described him as “very aggressive” after his bank card was declined, Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court heard.

He pleaded guilty to using racially aggravated threatening behaviour towards store manager Shujel Ahmed and Sainsbury’s employee Mariluz Olmo on November 25.

Lascelles spent two days in police custody before first appearing in court last month, where he was bailed to King George’s Hostel in Great Peter Street, Victoria - ironically named after his great-great grandfather King George V.

“You are not very nice when under the influence of street drugs,” District Judge Susan Williams told him. “I wouldn’t have liked to have met you in Sainsbury’s in the Strand.”

He was sentenced to a twelve-month Community Order, which includes a six-month Drug Rehabilitation Requirement and a fifteen-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.

Lascelles was also made subject to a twelve-month Exclusion Order - prohibiting him from entering Sainsbury’s in the Strand for twelve months.

No order for costs or victim surcharge was made. “I’m not going to make you pay anything, you’ve got no money,” the judge told him. 

“Lets encourage you to stay away from street drugs, they’ll mess with your brain. Hopefully you will stay out of trouble for the next year.

“This was racially-aggravated. Not very nice,” she told him.

Prosecutor Zoe Hollingsworth told the court: “Officers were called to Sainsbury’s in the Strand to a report of a male, this defendant, being disruptive in the shop.

“He had tried to pay, but his card was declined and the defendant made some racist remarks.

“He said: ‘Go back to where you come from. I’m going to kick you out of the country. You’re not English.’

“Afterwards the store manager Mr. Ahmed said: ‘The man was very aggressive and racist towards me. I did nothing to provoke his behaviour.’

“The defendant was sentenced to imprisonment in December, last year for a racially-aggravated offence and there is a previous one.”

Those incidents involved a Leicester Square casino doorman he called a “Paki” and another man he racially abused at Victoria Train Station.

A court Probation Officer said Lascelles claims to have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) triggered by “physical and violent abuse” from his stepfather during his childhood.

Lascelles also claims to have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which results in him becoming angry very easily.

The court heard he is in contact with his mother, who resides in France and runs a theatrical business and hopes to join her when he sorts his life out.

Lascelles promised the Probation Service he has stopped smoking heroin and crack cocaine and has been on a methadone prescription.

He also blames the “emotional neglect” of his mother for his ADHD, which was not addressed in childhood.

District Judge Williams announced: “When he is not self-medicating with illegal drugs he is less likely to go into Sainsbury’s and turn into Mr. Angry and make all sorts of nasty racist comments.”