Award-winning rapper Ghetts has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. He has also been prohibited from driving for 17 years.
Appearing at the Old Bailey on March 3, the entertainer, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, heard judge Mark Lucraft, KC, describe the “quite appalling litany of incidents” leading up to the death of Nepalese student Yubin Tamang, 20.
On October 18, 2025, Clarke-Samuel had been drinking in the Omi Bar on London’s Wells Street, and was said to be one and a half times over the legal drink-drive limit. Leaving the bar in his BMW, he then drove erratically, skipping red lights, crossing onto the wrong side of the road, mounting the kerb and reaching speeds of over 70mph. He hit and damaged a Mercedes car and a motorbike.
At 11.33 pm, his car struck Mr. Tamang in Redbridge Lane in Ilford. Failing to stop, he sped away in the direction of his home. His victim died two days later in hospital.
His speed at the time of the fatal accident was 67 mph in a 30-mph zone. After scrutinizing copious CCTV evidence, police arrested him at his home, where they administered a breath test and noted the damage to the BMW.
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