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An aristocrat who admitted three driving charges including a road rage attack on another motorist's car has been jailed for six months.An aristocrat who admitted three driving charges including a road rage attack on another motorist's car has been jailed for six months.
The Marquess of Blandford, Charles Spencer-Churchill, 51, was jailed on two dangerous driving charges and one charge of criminal damage. The Marquess of Blandford, Charles Spencer-Churchill, was jailed on two charges of dangerous driving, one of careless driving and criminal damage.
He pleaded guilty to the charges at an earlier hearing at Oxford Crown Court. He admitted the offences at an earlier hearing at Oxford Crown Court.
The heir to the Duke of Marlborough is currently being treated at the Priory Hospital in London. The son of the Duke of Marlborough is currently being treated at the Priory Hospital in London.
The court heard how the Marquess, aged 51, of Wootton Downs, Oxford, had "retreated into a life of drugs".
His doctor had said his progress would be "undermined by a custodial sentence".
But the judge said: "There cannot be one standard for the unhappy and another for those settled in life.
"Driving like yours is decidedly criminal."