Rapper Ghetts has entered his guilty plea, after being arrested for death by dangerous driving following a hit-and-run collision.
Rapper Ghetts, real name Justin Clarke-Samuel, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after he killed a young man in a hit-and-run collision.
Clarke Samuel also pleaded guilty to additional charges of dangerous driving before and after the crash, which took place at the end of October.
The 41-year-old grime artist appeared via videolink today from Pentonville prison as he entered his plea at to the judges at the Old Bailey.
He has not yet entered pleas to causing death by careless driving whilst over the alcohol limit. The court reported that Clarke-Samuel admitted to drinking Hennessy and Coke at 9.30pm, two hours before the incident.
The musician and Netflix actor allegedly failed to stop after his BMW hit 20-year-old Yubin Tamang on Redbridge Lane, Ilford, at around 11.33pm on October 18.
Tamang died two days later on October 20. Tamang was an only child, and his parents had sent him to the UK to receive an education.
It is alleged that Clarke-Samuel was driving dangerously in Tavistock Place and other roads in Camden, north London.
After the collision, it is alleged Clarke-Samuel continued to drive dangerously in Worcester Crescent, Redbridge, on the journey back to his home in King’s Avenue, Woodford, east London.
Police visited the defendant’s address in Woodford early the next day. The black BMW, allegedly registered and insured in the defendant’s name, was said to have been significantly damaged.
Clarke-Samuel first appeared in Stratford Magistrates’ Court on October 20, initially charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, until Tamang’s death changed the indictment.
Ghetts is an actor and performer who appeared in the Netflix series Supacell.
He also performed at Glastonbury last year, and has featured in tracks alongside Skepta, Stormzy and Ed Sheeran, racking up millions of plays on Spotify with tracks including One Take, Skengman and IC3.
In 2021, he won the best male act at the Mobo Awards and has also been nominated for a Mercury Prize, and last year received the Mobo Pioneer Award for his significant contribution to British black culture.
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