Wife of Avantha Group founder cleared in key attack case in UK

July 17, 2015 19:47

A criminal damage case against the wife of India-born billionaire entrepreneur Gautam Thapar, accused of "keying" a neighbour's car over an alleged parking rage incident in the UK has been dropped due to lack of evidence.

German-born Stephanie Thapar, the second wife of the 54-year-old engineering entrepreneur and founder of the Avantha Group, was alleged to have keyed her neighbour's 120,000 pounds Bentley near her Knightsbridge home in central London causing over 4,000 pounds of criminal damage.

She had denied the allegation and was due to go on trial at the City of London's Magistrates' court last week, but instead the case has been discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service.

The CPS stated: "The reason for the decision is that there is not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and the prosecution is not needed in the public interest."

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