The trial of a Scottish aristocrat charged with smuggling 100kg of cocaine into Kenya is on the verge of collapse after prosecution lawyers withdrew their case against him on Thursday.

After an often bewildering 30-month ordeal in the Kenyan courts, Jack Marrian, the nephew of the Earl of Cawdor, is all but certain to be acquitted when the presiding judge delivers his ruling on January 31st.

Lawyers for Mr Marrian, 33, had been due to begin to their defence when the prosecution, unexpectedly and without explanation, submitted a written application stating that they no longer had a case to present.

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