Daughter of millionaire, Laura Johnson is found guilty of riots burglary

A millionaire’s daughter who was caught driving looters around during the summer riots in London has been convicted of burglary.

20 year old, Laura Johnson, of south east London, denies charges and is claiming the she acted under duress. The university of Exeter student said that she was “ordered to drive” and was too “frightened to flee”.

The jury heard that Johnson had chauffeured looters around London on 8th August 2011 after she set out earlier in the day to deliver a phone charger to Emmanuel Okubote also known as T-Man, her friend who was a convicted crack dealer and thief.

Laura Johnson will be sentenced on 3 May and the judge has told her to expect to spend some time in jail.