British Rapper Ghetts Sentenced to 12 Years for Fatal Crash

British rapper Ghetts was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday at London's Old Bailey for causing the death of a 20-year-old Nepalese student in a hit-and-run crash in northeast London last October. The 41-year-old artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, pleaded guilty in December to causing death by dangerous driving and an additional count of dangerous driving. He was also disqualified from driving for 17 years.

The incident occurred on October 18, 2025, at around 11:33 p.m., when Clarke-Samuel struck Yubin Tamang as he crossed Redbridge Lane in Ilford. Tamang, a student at the University of Roehampton who had moved to the UK from Nepal to pursue higher education, sustained catastrophic injuries and died in hospital two days later. Court proceedings revealed that Clarke-Samuel had been drinking alcohol earlier that evening in central London, placing him one-and-a-half times over the legal drink-drive limit.

Prosecutor Philip McGhee told the court that Clarke-Samuel was driving his BMW M5 toward his home in Woodford, east London, at speeds exceeding 70 mph. CCTV footage shown during the hearing captured his erratic behavior: he failed to stop at six red traffic...