LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-FEB 27, 2019…IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN 1977 THAT THE NEWS OF KEITH RICHARDS GETTING BUSTED FOR HEROIN POSSESSION ROCKED THE WORLD. RICHARDS WAS ARRESTED AT THE HARBOUR CASTLE HOTEL IN TORONTO CANADA WHEN HIS ROOM WAS RAIDED BY 15 MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE.
RICHARDS WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO TRAFFIC, AND FACED 7 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON. HE WAS FREED ON BAIL WHICH WAS SET AT $25,000 CANADIAN. THE PRIME MINISTER’S WIFE WAS A HUGE STONES FAN, AND SOMEHOW, RICHARDS ENDED UP WITH ONE YEAR OF PROBATION, A SUSPENDED SENTENCE, AND HE THE STONES HAD TO PUT ON A FREE CONCERT FOR THE BLIND.
HERE’S THE NEWS STORY THAT RAN ON THE CBC NATIONAL NEWS WHEN THE VERDICT WAS ANNOUNCED
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