Bismarck Kin Fined for Drugs

West German aristocrat Count Gottfried von Bismarck was fined 80 pounds ($115) today for a drug offense after the drug-related death of a government minister’s daughter.

Von Bismarck, great-great-grandson of Germany’s “Iron Chancellor” Prince Otto von Bismarck, admitted to possession of amphetamines. But magistrates were told that the charge was not related to the death of Olivia Channon, daughter of Trade and Industry Secretary Paul Channon. She was found slumped over von Bismarck’s bed on June 11 after a drink-and-drugs party to celebrate the end of the Oxford University term.