Rapper and Netflix star pleads guilty to killing 20-year-old student in horror hit-and-run
A Netflix star and award-winning rapper has plead guilty to killing a 20-year-old student, who was flung 18 metres into the air.
A rapper and Netflix star has pleaded guilty to killing a man who was catapulted 60 feet (18 metres) in the air in a horror hit-and-run crash.
Ghetts – whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel – failed to stop when he hit Yubin Tamang, 20, in his BMW in North East London, on October 18.
The 41-year-old has admitted to causing death by dangerous driving, The Sun reports.
He also pleaded guilty to two further charges of dangerous driving before and after the crash on October 18.
The rapper drove dangerously in Tavistock Place and other roads in Camden, North London, before the crash.
Ghetts has not yet entered pleas to causing death by careless driving while over the alcohol limit or a further dangerous driving charge.
He accepts he had drunk Hennessy and Coke at 9.30pm, the court was told.
Judge Mark Lucraft, KC, the Recorder of London, said Ghetts is facing an inevitable prison term.
He was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing, which is likely to take place on February 12.
“The victim was seen on CCTV walking along Redbridge Lane East in the area. He looked both ways and started to cross the road, as he walked into the middle of the road,” said prosecutor Varinder Hayre.
“The black BWW registered with the defendant was travelling eastbound and collided with the victim.
“The impact was so significant that it threw the victim up into the air at around 60 or 70 feet 18 or 21 metres), and the contents of his bag had been thrown out.
“The victim landed on the floor, and the BMW did not stop and kept travelling east along Redbridge Lane.”
Police attended Clarke-Samuel’s home the next day, where the black BMW, registered and insured in the defendant’s name, was said to have been significantly damaged.
Yubin was an only child, and his parents had sent him to the UK to receive an education, the court heard.
Clarke-Samuel, who played Glastonbury last year, has collaborated with Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and Skepta.
He has toured abroad with Top Boy star and fellow rapper Kano and has racked up millions of Spotify plays.
The rapper won best male act at the Mobo Awards in 2021 and has also been nominated for a Mercury Prize.
Last year, he received the Mobo Pioneer Award for his significant contribution to British black culture.
He also starred in Netflix drama Supacell about a group of Londoners with superpowers.
This article originally appeared in The Sun and has been reproduced with permission.
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