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Prosecutors Add Charges as Rapper Ghetts Remains Jailed Over Fatal Ilford Crash

He is due to enter pleas on December 8 after prosecutors cited CCTV evidence plus damage to a BMW registered in his name.

Overview

  • Justin Clarke-Samuel, known as Ghetts, now faces three counts: causing death by dangerous driving and two further dangerous driving charges linked to routes before and after the crash.
  • At the Old Bailey on November 24, he appeared via videolink from HMP Pentonville, confirmed his name, and was remanded pending a plea hearing set for December 8.
  • Prosecutors allege dangerous driving in Tavistock Place and other Camden roads before the collision, and in Worcester Crescent during the return toward his home in Woodford.
  • The Metropolitan Police say the collision occurred at 11:33 p.m. on October 18 on Redbridge Lane East in Ilford, the defendant is accused of failing to stop, and the victim, 20-year-old student Yubin Tamang, died on October 20.
  • Reporting from court cites CCTV of the victim on the roadway and a black BMW allegedly registered and insured to the defendant with significant damage, with an arrest at his home in the early hours of the following day.