Rapper Ghetts pleads responsible to inflicting demise by harmful driving | EUROtoday

Rapper Ghetts has pleaded responsible to inflicting the demise of a Nepali pupil in a hit-and-run collision.

The award-winning grime artist, whose actual title is Justin Clarke-Samuel, did not cease after his BMW hit 20-year-old Yubin Tamang in north-east London.

Clarke-Samuel, who appeared on the Old Bailey by way of videolink from Pentonville Prison, pleaded responsible to inflicting Mr Tamang’s demise by harmful driving on 18 October, 2025.

The 41-year-old additionally pleaded responsible to a cost of harmful driving when he was on the wheel of a BMW M5 in Tavistock Place and different London roads in Camden, Islington and Hackney on the identical day.

Judge Mark Lucraft KC advised Clarke-Samuel “the only sentence to be passed is a custodial sentence” however the size of his jail time period has but to be decided.

He is because of be sentenced on the Old Bailey on February 12.

Clarke-Samuel, who’s in custody, was disqualified from driving with quick impact however the size of the ban has but to be mounted.

He additionally faces two costs that are set to be handled at his subsequent courtroom look.

This features a cost of inflicting demise by careless driving when over the restrict for alcohol.

It is alleged he was over the prescribed restrict as he drove with 119 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on October 18, the cost states.

Clarke-Samuel additionally faces an additional harmful driving cost.

It is alleged he dangerously drove a BMW M5 on Worcester Crescent and different roads in Redbridge, east London, on the identical day.

Mr Tamang was an solely youngster and his dad and mom had despatched him to the UK to obtain an training.

Ghetts is a rapper and songwriter who has collaborated on tracks with Skepta, Stormzy and Ed Sheeran, and carried out at Glastonbury a number of occasions together with in 2024.

He gained finest male act on the 2021 Mobo Awards and acquired the Mobo pioneer award in 2024.