Keith Richards has branded his short stretch in Wormwood Scrubs prison “weird”. The Rolling Stones guitarist, 78, was sentenced to a year behind bars after the infamous drugs raid on his Redlands estate, where his then-girlfriend Marianne Faithfull was famously found wearing only a bearskin rug.
Keith told Apple Music: “I’ve been in a few other clinks over the time and basically they’re all great once you get out. He spent only 24 hours in ‘The Scrubs’ before being released on bail and his conviction was later overturned after a public campaign to release the musician.
The Stones’ lead singer Mick Jagger was also arrested at Richards' Redlands home in West Wittering, Sussex, for drug possession.
It’s been reported on the night of the 1967 Redlands drugs bust, Keef was so far gone on LSD that when the police arrived at his country mansion he mistook them for uniformed dwarves and welcomed them in with open arms.
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