The rapper Ghetts has been sentenced to twelve years in prison after fatally running over a twenty-year-old student in north London.
The forty-one-year-old artist and Mercury Prize candidate, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuelfled after running over a man in Ilford on October 18, 2025, at around 11:30 p.m. The victim, Yubin Tamang, a Nepalese student, died in hospital two days later as a result of injuries sustained when he was hit by the rapper’s BMW.
The tests showed that Ghetts It was traveling at 119 km/h in a 48 km/h zone before hitting Tamang as he crossed Redbridge Lane, and did not stop after the impact. The court found that, after the crash, Clarke-Samuel He drove about 13 kilometers to his house, where he drank six or seven shots of Cîroc vodka and consumed a “cannabis cookie.”
He has remained in custody since his initial appearance on 27 October at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court, where his driving license was revoked with immediate effect. Later, in December, Ghetts pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
His lawyer, Benjamin Aina KC, indicated that the rapper had expressed his regret for what happened that night in a letter. In 2021, Ghetts He was a finalist for the Mercury Prize thanks to his third album, “Conflict of Interest”and that same year he won Best Male Artist at the MOBO Awards. In 2024 he received a second Mercury Prize nomination for “On Purpose With Purpose” and was also honored with the MOBO Pioneer Award, a recognition of his outstanding contribution to black British culture.
