Rapper Ghetts sentenced to 12 years after causing student’s death in hit and run

Rapper and Netflix star Ghetts will spend 12 years in prison after killing a young man in a hit-and-run.

Last year,the 41-year-old – real name Justin Jude Clarke-Samuel – was charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a hit-and-run in Ilford,London,in October. He later pleaded guilty to the charge in December.

At the time,Judge Mark Lucraft,KC,the Recorder of London,said Clarke-Samuel was facing an inevitable custodial sentence over the death of Yubin Tamang,20.

On Tuesday,the defendant wore all black in the dock when he appeared at the Old Bailey,with the judge handing down a sentence of 12 years,acknowledging that he pleaded guilty to the charges.

Judge Lucraft told the court: ‘A sentence before plea would have been one of 16 years imprisonment.

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He also starred as a gang leader called Krazy in the Netflix sci-fi series Supacell,which followed five black south Londoners who unexpectedly develop superpowers.

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