Overview
- Judge Mark Lucraft KC handed Justin Clarke-Samuel a 12-year prison term and a 17-year driving disqualification at the Old Bailey.
- The rapper pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and admitted additional dangerous driving on London roads earlier that night.
- Prosecutors said he was about one-and-a-half times over the drink-drive limit, hit speeds up to 74mph in a 30mph zone, and struck Tamang at roughly 67mph.
- He failed to stop and drove about eight miles home without calling emergency services, with police later finding his damaged BMW and linking it via a missing wing mirror cover.
- Victim impact statements from Tamang’s family were read in court as the judge noted the defendant’s expressed remorse and his prior convictions for 27 offences.